ACS

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Weekly Workout August 7, 2017
STAT ECG Diagnoses: beware the checkmark sign

A 51-year- old woman presents with progressive left wrist pain for the past 2 weeks. She also reports intermittent chest pain, back pain, headache and malaise. The following ECG was obtained…

Weekly Workout July 10, 2017
Literature Review: does GERD provoke myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease?

A 55-year-old man presents to the ED with intermittent chest pain. He describes transient burning sensation that comes on only after eating. His pain does not radiate, and is not…

Weekly Workout July 3, 2017
Literature Review: Wellens syndrome

A 55-year-old man presents to the ED with intermittent chest pain for 4 days. He has no known medical history and smokes 1 pack of cigarettes a day. He is…

Weekly Workout May 1, 2017
ECG Basics & Fundamentals: when to get posterior leads

A 70-year-old man presents to the ED with ischemic chest pain. The following ECG is obtained:

Weekly Workout March 27, 2017
STAT ECG Diagnoses: new T wave inversion or ST segment depression in aVL

A 66-year-old man presents to the ED with retrosternal chest pain that is associated with nausea. The following ECG is obtained:

Weekly Workout March 20, 2017
ECG Basics & Fundamentals: chest pain in young patient with no known cardiac risk factors

A 35-year-old man with no PMHx presents to the ED with dull burning chest pain that radiates to his left arm. The following ECG is obtained:

Weekly Workout March 13, 2017
Literature Review: 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients with Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes (Class IA recommendations)

A 70-year-old woman with PMHx of HTN and DM, presents to the ED with retrosternal chest pain that radiates to her left arm. The following ECG is obtained:

Weekly Workout October 9, 2016
STAT ECG Diagnoses: the most commonly missed STEMI does not have ST segment elevation

A 70-year-old man presents to the ED with radiating chest tightness, nausea, and diaphoresis. The following ECG is obtained:

Weekly Workout October 2, 2016
STAT ECG Diagnoses: ST segment depression in precordial leads

A 52-year-old man with history of hyperlipidemia and smoking presents to the ED with 2 hours of radiating chest pressure associated with diaphoresis and dyspnea. The following ECG is obtained:

Weekly Workout September 25, 2016
Literature Review: non-ST segment elevation ACS

A 69-year-old woman with history of diabetes presents to the ED with radiating chest pressure associated with diaphoresis. Her initial ECG did not meet cath lab criteria but had non-specific…

Weekly Workout March 6, 2016
Cardiac arrest after this ECG: what is the most likely cause?

A 60-year-old man presents to the ED with midsternal chest pain that has been intermittent throughout the day. He collapses on arrival and suffers a cardiac arrest from which he…

Weekly Workout January 18, 2016
ECG Basics & Fundamentals: reflux, burping, and improvement with antacids…can’t be cardiac, right?

A 71-year-old man with history of diabetes & HTN presents to the ED with chest discomfort and burping over the past few days. The discomfort has increased over the past…

Weekly Workout June 29, 2015
Literature Review: De Winter T waves

Weekly Workout March 30, 2015
STAT ECG Diagnoses: inverted U waves

HPI:  A 58-year-old male presents with chest pressure and diaphoresis. The following ECG is done. Case ECG  

Weekly Workout January 19, 2015
Literature Review: age as a cardiac risk factor, what age is too young to have a myocardial infarction (MI)?

HPI: 25-year-old male smoker presents with left arm and upper back pain. He also has mild epigastric pain, associated with vomiting x 4 episodes. Vitals: HR-100, BP-110/70, RR-22, SpO2-100%, afebrile….

Weekly Workout January 5, 2015
ECG Basics & Fundamentals: A stepwise approach to ECG interpretation in patients with chest pain and clinical concern for an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with pearls and pitfalls in obtaining chest pain histories

HPI: 61 year old male with significant cardiac risk factors presents with chest pain that that radiates down both arms. The pain is exertional and improves with rest. His pain…

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