ACS
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ECG Basics & Fundamentals: respect the T waves!
A 29-year-old male presents to the emergency department with a mild headache and dyspnea. He is an avid cyclist who biked 40 miles the day before. His exam is normal….
ECG Basics and Fundamentals: how many STEMI patients present with nondiagnostic initial ECGs?
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. The…
ECG Basics and Fundamentals: does negative troponin ACS still exist?
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 resolve with…
How serial ECGs can save lives!
A 49-year-old man is brought in by EMS to the ED with chest pain concerning for cardiac ischemia. The following prehospital ECG was obtained:
EMS ECGs: accelerated idioventricular rhythm (AIVR) in patients with ACS and other critical cases to help you save lives!
A 69-year-old man is brought in by EMS to the ED with chest pain and shortness of breath. No prehospital treatment was rendered. The following prehospital ECG was obtained:
EMS ECGs: respect lead aVL and looks for subtle early signs of cardiac ischemia
A 30-year-old woman is brought in by EMS to the ED with chest pain. The following prehospital ECG is obtained:
STAT ECG Diagnoses: ECG findings that preceed ST segment elevation in acute coronary syndromes
A 70-year-old man presents to the ED with right sided chest pain that radiates to the left. His pain started while running to catch the subway, and is associated with…
Literature Review: classic STEMI criteria, and the cardiovascular effects of Marijuana
HPI: A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with chest tightness, nausea and dyspnea. He has no past medical history or cardiac risk factors, but reports smoking marijuana regularly. The…
Loss of precordial T wave balance
HPI: A 61-year-old woman presents to the ED with substernal chest pain and dyspnea. Her symptoms improve (but don’t resolve) with nitroglycerin. The following ECG is obtained, with no priors…
Differential Diagnoses: considerations in patients with right axis deviation (RAD) and T wave inversions
HPI: An 86-year-old male with PMHx of MI, HTN, HLD, COPD, and CVA presents with abrupt onset chest pain, dyspnea, and nausea. Pain started a few hours ago, is non-radiating,…
Risk stratification of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and differential diagnoses for poor R wave progression
HPI: A 54-year-old male smoker presents to the ED with intermittent left sided chest pain. Episodes last 5 minutes at a time and are associated with mild dyspnea on exertion….
Literature Review: prevalence of acute coronary syndromes in your patients
HPI: A 27-year-old male with PMHx of IDDM and heat exhaustion presents to the ED with bilateral arm cramping associated with chest and back aches after doing physical labor outdoors….
ECG Basics & Fundamentals: can young patients have an MI?
HPI: 24-year-old male presents to the ED with chest pain. He has no known cardiac risk factors. Pain is constant for the past hour and he is noted to be…
ECG Basics & Fundamentals: how frequently should you obtain serial ECGs in patients with concern for ACS
HPI: A 65-year-old patient is brought in by EMS for a chest pain history that is concerning for ACS. The following ECG is obtained: Case ECG Before watching this week’s…
ECG Basics & Fundamentals: serial ECGs in a patient with chest pain and a paced rhythm
HPI: A 63-year-old male calls EMS after a syncopal episode. He is found to be alert, but complaining of chest pain that radiates bilaterally and that is associated with diaphoresis….
Literature Review: lumen stenosis doesn’t matter in ACS…It’s all about plaque vulnerability!
HPI: A 50-year-old male presents to the ED with concerning chest pain while driving home after an appointment with his cardiologist. He reports having an exercise stress test earlier in…
Differential Diagnoses: ST segment elevation in aVR
A 74-year-old man presents to the ED for chest pain with exertion for the past 2 hours. He appears diaphoretic and acutely ill. The following ECG is obtained:
Literature Review: De Winter T waves
A 48-year-old man presents to the ED for chest pressure associated with diaphoresis while riding his bike. The following ECG is obtained during active chest pain:
STAT ECG Diagnoses: earliest ECG findings of cardiac ischemia
A 78-year-old man is sent to the ED from a primary care clinic for chest pain. The following ECG is obtained:
Literature Review: what do you do when ST-segment elevation in STEMI resolves before cath lab activation
A 49-year-old man presents with chest pain and diaphoresis while riding his bike. His ECG shows inferior and posterior STEMI. After aspirin and nitroglycerin, the patient’s symptoms resolve and the…
ECG Tags
- 11th Annual UMEM ECG Competition
- 1st degree AV Block
- 1st degree AVB
- 2:1 AV Block
- 2:1 AVB
- 2015 ECG Competition
- 2015 ECG Competition Part II
- 2016 ECG Competition
- 2017 ECG Competition Part II
- 2018 ECG Competition Part II
- 2019 ECG Competition
- 2020 ECG Competition
- 5 Step Approach
- 5-FU
- aberrancy
- Aberrant conduction
- Accelerated idioventricular rhythm
- Acidosis
- ACS
- ACS mimics
- ACS RIsk Factors
- Acute MI
- Acute Pericarditis
- Adenosine sensitive VT
- Advanced AV block
- Afib
- Afib with WPW
- AIVR
- AMI
- Amiodarone
- Anemia
- Anterior STEMI
- Aortic Dissection
- Approach to ECG
- Approach to ECG interpretation
- April Fools
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmogenic RV Dysplasia
- Artifact
- ARVC
- ARVD
- ASD
- Ashman phenomenon
- Aslanger
- Aslanger's Pattern
- Atherosclerosis
- Athlete’s ECG
- atrial arrhythmias
- Atrial dysrhythmias
- Atrial fibrillation
- Atrial Fibrillation with WPW
- Atrial flitter
- Atrial flutter
- Atrial parasystole
- Atrial septal defect
- Atrial tachycardia
- Atrifact
- AV Block
- AV Blocks
- AV Dissociation
- AVB
- AVD
- aVL
- aVR
- Axis
- Barcelona criteria
- Basics
- BBB
- Benign early repolarization
- BER
- bigeminy
- Biphasic T-waves
- Bix rule
- Bizzare rhythm
- Blocked PAC’s
- Board review
- Bradycardia
- BRASH syndrome
- Brugada
- Brugada Pattern
- Brugada syndrome
- CAD
- Cardiac arrest
- Cardiac tamponade
- Cardioversion
- CCB toxicity
- CHB
- Chemotherapy
- Chest Pain
- clumped beats
- Cocaine toxicity
- Complete Heart Block
- Computer ECG interpretation
- Computer interpreted ECGs
- Computer interpreted electrocardiograms
- coronary angiography
- COVID-19
- Crochetage
- Crochetage pattern
- de Winter T-wave
- de Winter T-waves
- Delta waves
- deWinter
- deWinter T-waves
- Dextrocardia
- Diffuse ST elevation
- Diffuse ST-segment Elevation
- Diffuse STE
- Digoxin effect
- Digoxin toxicity
- DKA
- Dysrhythmia
- Dysrhythmias
- Early cardiac ischemia
- Early ECG evidence of ischemia
- Early ischemia
- Early ischemic changes
- Early reciprocal changes
- Early Repolarization
- early repolarization vs/ STEMI
- early signs of cardiac ischemia
- early signs of ischemia
- ECG Basics
- ECG Competition 2023
- ECG interruptions
- Ectopic atrial rhythm
- Ectopic beats
- electrical alternans
- Electrical storm
- Electrocardiographic polyuria
- Electrolytes
- Elevated intracranial pressure
- Emergent cath lab activation
- EMS
- EMS cases
- Epsilon waves
- escape rhythm
- Evolving STEMI
- Fascicular blocks
- GERD
- grouped beats
- Guidelines
- Heart block
- High grade AV block
- high grade AV blocks
- high lateral STEMI
- High Voltage
- Himalayan T-waves
- History of presenting illness
- HOCM
- Hypeacute T waves
- Hyperacute T-waves
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyperkalemia
- hyperkalemia mimics
- Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypokalemia
- Hypothermia
- Idioventricular rhythms
- Impressive syndrome
- inferior STEMI
- Intermittent WPW
- Intracranial hemorrhage
- Intractable chest pain
- inverted P Waves
- Inverted U-waves
- IRBBB
- Irregular rhythm
- irregular rhythms
- Ischemia
- Ischemic T-waves
- Isoelectric baseline
- Isoelectric segment
- Isolated Posterior STEMI
- Isorhythmic AV dissociation
- Isorhythmic AVD
- J point
- J wave
- J-waves
- junctional rhythm
- Junctional rhythms
- Juvenile T wave inversions
- Juvenile T-wave pattern
- LAD
- LAFB
- Large T-waves
- LBBB
- lead misplacement
- lead V1
- Left axis deviation
- left posterior fascicular block
- Lewis lead
- LGL
- limb lead misplacement
- Limb lead reversal
- Literature review
- Long QT
- Long QT-interval
- Long QTc
- long ST segment
- Low Voltage
- Low voltage QRS
- LPFB
- LVAD
- LVAD Dysrhythmias
- LVADs
- LVH
- LVH with strain pattern
- Lyme carditis
- Marijuana
- Massive STEMI
- MAT
- Mechanisms of ACS
- MI
- Mobitz
- Mobitz conduction
- Mobitz I
- Mobitz II
- Mobitz II AV block
- Modified Sgarbossa criteria
- monomorphic VT
- Multifocal atrial tachycardia
- Myocarditis
- Myxedema
- Na channel blocker toxicity
- narrow & irregular tachycardia
- narrow & regular tachycardia
- Narrow complex and regular rhythms
- Narrow complex irregular rhythms
- Narrow complex irregular tachycardia
- Narrow Complex Regular Tachycardia
- Narrow Complex Tachycardia
- Nikelekam T-waves
- non-conducted PACs
- Non-STE ACS
- Non-sustained Ventricular tachycardia
- Non-sustained VT
- Nonspecific intraventricular conduction delay
- nonsustained ventricular tachycardia
- Normal ECG
- Normal Sinus Rhythm
- Normal variant patterns
- normal variant ST elevation
- Normal variants
- NSVT
- Occlusion MI
- OMI
- Osborn waves
- overdose
- PAC
- PAC’s
- Paced rhythms
- Pacemaker
- Pacer
- palpitations
- Pauses and clumped beats
- PE
- PE vs. STEMI
- Pediatric ECG
- Pediatric ECG Interval Table
- Pediatrics
- Pericardial effusion
- Pericardial Tamponade
- Pericarditis
- Periodic paralysis
- Persistent juvenile T-wave pattern
- PFO
- plaque rupture
- plaque vulnerability
- Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Polymorphic VT
- Polyuria
- Poor R-wave progression
- post arrest ECG
- post-arrest
- Post-arrest NSTE-ACS
- Post-arrest STEMI
- post-cardiac arrest ecg
- Posterior MI
- Posterior STEMI
- Potpourri
- PR segment
- PR segments
- Pre-hospital ECG
- preexcitation syndrome
- Preexcitation syndromes
- Pregnancy
- Prehospital ECG
- Premature beats
- Premature complexes
- premature contractions
- Prolonged QT
- Prolonged QT interval
- prolonged QTc
- PRWP
- Pseudo Wellens
- Pseudo-Wellens waves
- Pseudonormalization of T-waves
- Pulmonary Embolism
- pulmonary hypertension
- PVC
- PVCs
- PVT
- Q-waves
- QRS fragmentation
- QRS-interval
- R waves
- R-on-T phenomenon
- R-wave
- R-wave in V1
- R-wave progression
- RAD
- rate & rhythm
- RBBB
- Really wide complex tachycardia
- reciprocal changes
- Reflux
- Regular Really Wide Complex Tachycardia
- Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia
- Regularized atrial fibrillation
- repolarization abnormalities
- Rescue PCI
- Resolved ST segment elevation
- Respiratory variation
- Retrograde P waves
- Revised Sgarbossa Criteria
- Rhythm
- Rhythm Interpretation
- Right axis
- Right Axis Deviation
- Right bundle branch block
- right heart strain
- Right sided leads
- Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Rightward axis
- rollercoaster T waves
- RRWCT
- RV MI
- RV STEMI
- RVMI
- RWCT
- S wave
- SAH
- Salvador Dali
- Seizure
- Seizures
- Septal STEMI
- Serial ECG
- Serial ECGs
- Severe hypothyroidism
- Sgarbossa
- Sgarbossa Criteria
- Shark fin morphology
- Shark fin STEMI
- Short PR interval
- Short QT
- Short QT interval
- Short QTc
- Sinus arrest
- sinus arrhythmia
- sinus rhythm
- Sinus rhythms
- Sinus Tachycardia
- Sloof Lirpa Sign
- Slow Atrial fibrillation
- Sodium channel blocker toxicity
- South Africa sign
- Spiked Helmet sign
- Spodick Sign
- Spodick’s Sign
- ST
- ST depression
- ST depression V1-V4
- ST Elevation
- ST segment elevation
- ST-segment
- ST-segment depression
- STD
- STE
- STE in aVR
- STEMI
- STEMI equivalent
- STEMI equivalents
- STEMI mimics
- STEMI vs. acute pericarditis
- STEMI vs. Early repolarization
- strain
- Stress Testing
- Stress tests
- Sustained VT
- SVT
- Syncop
- Syncope
- Systematic approach to ECG
- T wave inversion differential
- T-wave abnormalities
- T-wave alternans
- T-wave inversion
- T-wave inversions
- T-waves
- Tachycardia
- Tall R wave in V1
- Tamponade
- TCA
- TCA overdose
- TCA toxicity
- Terminal QRS distortion
- Thrombolytics
- Torsades
- Torsades de pointes
- torsades de points
- Toxicology
- TP segment
- Transient STEMI
- Tremor artifact
- Trigeminy
- Troponin
- TWI
- U-waves
- unstable bradycardia
- V1
- V1/V2
- vasospasm
- Ventricular aneurysm
- Ventricular dysrhythmias
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Ventricular rhythm
- Ventricular rhythms
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Ventricular tachycardia mimics
- Ventricular tachycardia vs. SVT with aberrant conduction
- Ventricular Tachycardiak
- VF
- VT
- VT mimics
- w Voltage
- WCT
- Wellens
- Wellens waves
- Wellens’ syndrome
- Wide complex QRS
- wide complex regular tachycardia
- Wide complex tachycardia
- Wide QRS
- Wide QRS interval
- wide vs. narrow QRS
- WPW
- WPW with atrial fibrillation
- WPW with SVT
- Young patients
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