Key Points Definition: Torsades de Pointes (TdP) is a specific type of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) associated with a prolonged QTc interval. Risk: The rhythm may terminate spontaneously but can…
A 73-year-old woman is found by family in bed with decreased level of consciousness. She is brought into the ED for evaluation and is found to have bradycardia and episodic…
A 60-year-old man presents to the emergency department with generalized weakness and intermittent palpitations. Vital signs are normal on arrival. The following ECG is obtained during an episode of palpitations:
A 66-year-old man is transferred to the ED from an urgent care where he presented for shortness of breath and was diagnosed with heart failure. He was recently discharged s/p…
A 72-year-old man presents to the ED with near-syncope. During his evaluation he has a 20-second run of the following rhythm captured on 12-lead ECG monitoring:
An elderly male presents with weakness and lightheadedness to his primary care physician. He is referred to the ED after the following ECG is obtained:
A 79-year-old man presents to the ED with intermittent episodes of decreased level of consciousness. He is placed on continuous 12-lead cardiac monitoring during his evaluation and a monitor alarm…
A 60-year-old man presents to the ED chest pain concerning for ACS, and a prehospital ECG concerning for inferior STEMI. The following ECG is obtained on arrival to the ED:
A 45-year-old man presents with nausea and vomiting. He appears dehydrated and reports taking furosemide chronically. Treatment with IV fluids and ondansetron is initiated, and the following rhythm strip is…
A 10-year-old male is transported to your ED for recurrent seizures. The following prehospital rhythm strip was obtained:
A 55-year-old man presents to the ED after a witnessed seizure and is somnolent on arrival. He wakes up enough to mumble answers to a few questions but then becomes…
A 13-month-old female is transferred to you for intermittent torsades/dysrhythmias from a community ED. She has been slightly lethargic and has a cardiac history of VSD, ASD, and a PDA…
HPI: A 33-year-old female presents with new onset seizures. The following ECG is done. Case ECG