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onApril 8, 2022

A woman in her 30s with sudden chest pain, nausea, and diaphoresis. Was her cardiology management appropriate?

Case written and submitted by Brandon Fetterolf MD, edits by Meyers. = = = A woman in her early 30s with multiple autoimmune disorders…

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Pendell Meyers

onMarch 22, 2022

Understanding this pathognomonic ECG would have greatly benefitted the patient.

Written by Pendell Meyers Interpret this ECG first without context. You don’t need context yet because this ECG is nearly…

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Pendell Meyers

onOctober 29, 2021

A deadly alcohol binge: a man in his 30s with chest pain and initial high sensitivity troponin I within normal limits

Submitted and written by Emergency Physician Dr. Arjun J V, with some minimal edits by Smith and Meyers A man in his 30s was rushed into our…

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Alex Bracey

onOctober 2, 2021

Chest pain in a 30-something: Is it Normal variant STE or OMI? Get the prior ECG, and don’t trust Point of Care troponin assays!

Submitted by Benjamin Garbus, MD with edits by Bracey, Meyers, and Smith A man in his early 30s presented to the ED with chest pain…

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Steve Smith

onFebruary 18, 2020

32 yo with right sided chest pain. Zero ST Elevation, but that does not matter.

This was sent by a reader. He does a nice job of examining the whole case, so I leave it (mostly) in his words. 32 yo M Sudden onset…

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Brooks Walsh

onOctober 24, 2019

A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

This is written by Brooks Walsh. https://twitter.com/BrooksWalsh A 30 year-old woman was brought to the ED with chest pain. It had started…

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Steve Smith

onJune 11, 2019

A 20-something male with acute chest pain

I was texted this ECG with the words “sudden onset CP in a 20-something”: What do you think? This was my response: “This is…

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Steve Smith

onJuly 31, 2018

An athletic 30-something woman with acute substernal chest pressure

Post by Smith, with short article by Angie Lobo (https://twitter.com/ALoboMD), a third year intermal medicine resident at Abbott…

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Steve Smith

onNovember 18, 2013

Another STEMI in a Young Person with no CP or SOB: Why We Should Record an ECG for Unexplained Nonspecific Symptoms

There are many interesting facets to this case. I have highlighted the clinical factors over the ECGs, but the ECGs are very instructive…

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A woman in her 30s with sudden chest pain, nausea, and diaphoresis. Was her cardiology management appropriate?

Understanding this pathognomonic ECG would have greatly benefitted the patient.

A deadly alcohol binge: a man in his 30s with chest pain and initial high sensitivity troponin I within normal limits

Chest pain in a 30-something: Is it Normal variant STE or OMI? Get the prior ECG, and don’t trust Point of Care troponin assays!

32 yo with right sided chest pain. Zero ST Elevation, but that does not matter.

A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

A 20-something male with acute chest pain

An athletic 30-something woman with acute substernal chest pressure

Another STEMI in a Young Person with no CP or SOB: Why We Should Record an ECG for Unexplained Nonspecific Symptoms