2012 Cardiac Arrest Chest Pain 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 5, 2024
The patient presented due to chest pain that was typical in nature, retrosternal and radiating to the left arm and neck. He denied any exertional chest pain. It is unclear if the patient was pain free at this time. He has a medical hx notable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and previous tobacco use disorder.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 6, 2019
The patient presented with chest pain. I was taught that the tell-tale sign of ischemia vs an electrical abnormality was in the hx, i.e. chest pain for the ischemia and potential syncope for brugada. Only 5-18% of ED patients with chest pain have a myocardial infarction of any kind. Is it Brugada pattern?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 22, 2023
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 70s with no cardiac history presented with acute weakness, syncope, and fever. He denied chest pain or shortness of breath. In the clinical context of weakness and fever, without chest pain or shortness of breath, the likelihood of Brugada pattern is obviously much higher.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 8, 2023
All of the patients presented with chest pain , and they are all in triage. Smith: This bizarre ECG looks like a post cardiac arrest ECG with probable acidosis or hyperkalemia in addition to OMI. Which, if any, of these patients has OMI, with myocardium at risk and need for emergent PCI? What was the pH and K?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 30, 2019
It was from a patient with chest pain: Note the obvious Brugada pattern. The elevated troponin was attributed to either type 2 MI or to non-MI acute myocardial injury. There is no further workup at this time. Smith: Here is a case that was just texted to me today from a former resident. This patient ruled out for MI.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 5, 2019
J Electrocardiology 45 (2012):433-442. Further history later: This patient personally has no further high risk features (syncope / presyncope), but her mother had sudden cardiac arrest in sleep. The patient denied any chest pain whatsoever, and a troponin at zero and 2 hours were both undetectable.
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