2016 Chest Pain Pericarditis 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 27, 2024
Written by Jesse McLaren, with a very few edits by Smith A 60-year-old presented with chest pain. Inferior hyperacute T waves, which have been added to the 2022 ACC consensus on chest pain as a “STEMI equivalent”[3] 3. ST depression in lead AVL differentiates inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction from pericarditis.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
ECG of pneumopericardium and probable myocardial contusion shows typical pericarditis Male in 30's, 2 days after Motor Vehicle Collsion, complains of Chest Pain and Dyspnea Head On Motor Vehicle Collision. 2016, April 13). Diagnosing myocardial contusion after blunt chest trauma. ST depression. Zangouri, V.,
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
ECG of pneumopericardium and probable myocardial contusion shows typical pericarditis Male in 30's, 2 days after Motor Vehicle Collsion, complains of Chest Pain and Dyspnea Head On Motor Vehicle Collision. ST depression. Myocardial Contusion?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Recall from this post referencing this study that "reciprocal STD in aVL is highly sensitive for inferior OMI (far better than STEMI criteria) and excludes pericarditis, but is not specific for OMI." See this case: Persistent Chest Pain, an Elevated Troponin, and a Normal ECG. See this case: A man his 50s with chest pain.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 5, 2011
T-wave to ST ratio is greater than 4 in lead V6, making pericarditis unlikely (also there were no symptoms of pericarditis). It turns out that this was a 27 yo African American male who presented with pressure-like (non-pleuritic) chest pain and dyspnea. N Engl J Med 2008;358(19):2016-23. mm in V3, 2.5
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 23, 2022
Patient 2 : 55 year old with 5 hours of chest pain radiating to the shoulder, with nausea and shortness of breath ECG: sinus bradycardia, normal conduction, normal axis, normal R wave progression, no hypertrophy. This was missed by the treating physician, but the chest pain resolved with aspirin.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 5, 2023
days of chest pain that started as substernal and crushing in nature awakening him from sleep and occasionally traveling to right side of neck. The pain was described as constant, worse with deep inspiration and physical activity, sometimes sharp. 2016 Apr 12;67(14):1738-49. He reported 1.5 Circulation. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001001.
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