Amal Mattu’s ECG Case of the Week – October 15, 2018
HPI: A 56-year-old woman presents to a busy ED dehydrated with acute gastroenteritis. She is placed in a hallway bed and treated with IV fluids and ondansetron. On reassessment [...]
Amal Mattu’s ECG Case of the Week – October 8, 2018
HPI: A 52-year-old male with PMHx of HTN & HLD presents to the ED with chest pain and shortness of breath. He looks uncomfortable on exam and is hypertensive. [...]
Amal Mattu’s ECG Case of the Week – October 1, 2018
HPI: A 33-year-old woman has a syncopal episode while in the bathroom. The following ECG was obtained on arrival to the ED after the episode: Case ECG [...]
Amal Mattu’s ECG Case of the Week – September 24, 2018
HPI: A 60-year-old male with PMHx of hyperlipidemia presents to the emergency department with midsternal chest pain (tightness), nausea, and diaphoresis. Symptoms have been intermittent, occur with walking and [...]
Amal Mattu’s ECG Case of the Week – September 17, 2018
HPI: A 45-year-old male presents to the emergency department with sharp, positional, and pleuritic chest pain while doing CrossFit. He is not a smoker and has no known cardiac [...]
Amal Mattu’s ECG Case of the Week – September 10, 2018
HPI: A 58-year-old male presents to the emergency department with shortness of breath, vomiting, palpitations, and mild chest discomfort. The following ECG was obtained on arrival: Case ECG [...]
Amal Mattu’s ECG Case of the Week – September 3, 2018
HPI: A 56-year-old man with PMHx of HTN, DM, PVD, and ESRD on dialysis presents to the ED with dyspnea. The following ECG was obtained on arrival: Case ECG [...]
Amal Mattu’s ECG Case of the Week – August 27, 2018
HPI: A 40-year-old man is brought to the ED moribund with agonal respirations, hypotension (SBP~50) and bradycardia. The following ECG was obtained and ACLS started with no response to [...]
Amal Mattu’s ECG Case of the Week – August 20, 2018
HPI: A 48-year-old man presents to the ED with 3-4 days of palpitations. The patient has a stable blood pressure but is found to have new onset atrial fibrillation [...]
Amal Mattu’s ECG Case of the Week – August 13, 2018
HPI: An 85-year-old woman with PMHx of atrial fibrillation is referred to the ED by her primary care physician who is concerned for cardiac ischemia. The patient has been [...]