2018 Chest Pain Ultrasound 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 15, 2024
They had difficulty describing their symptoms, but complained of severe weakness, nausea, vomiting, headache, and chest pain. They described the chest pain as severe, crushing, and non-radiating. Altogether, this strongly suggests inferolateral OMI, particularly in a patient with acute chest pain.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 17, 2018
A middle-aged patient with lung cancer had presented to clinic complaining of generalized malaise, cough, and chest pain. Symptoms other than chest pain (malaise, cough in a cancer patient) 2. Inclusion criteria were chest pain, at least 2 serial cTnI in 24 hours, sinus rhythm , and at least 1 ECG.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 30, 2023
A 50-something man presented in shock with severe chest pain. Case continued A bedside ultrasound showed diminished LV EF and of course bradycardia. For review — GO TO: The June 4, 2018 post ( LA-LL reversal ). The July 29, 2018 post ( LA-RA reversal ). The November 4, 2018 post ( Leads V1,V2 misplacement ).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 13, 2020
A 60-something man presented by EMS with 5 hours of fairly typical sounding substernal chest pain. EMS gave 324 mg aspirin and 3 sublingual NTG, which the patient stated reduced the substernal chest pain from an 8/10 to 4/10. This was a point of care ultrasound, not a bubble contrast echo.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
He had concurrent sharp substernal chest pain that resolved, but palpitations continued. Over past 3 months, he has had similar intermittent episodes of sharp chest pain while running, but none at rest. Pads were placed with ultrasound guidance, so they were in the correct position. However, this is not SVT.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 20, 2018
A 40 something woman with a history of hyperlipidemia and additional risk factors including a smoking history presented with substernal chest pain radiating to "both axilla" as well as the upper back. She was reportedly "pacing in her room while holding her chest". Journal of Electrocardiology 2018. That may be the case.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
The best course is to wait until the anatomy is defined by angio, then if proceeding to PCI, add Cangrelor (an IV P2Y12 inhibitor) I sent the ECG and clinical information of a 90-year old with chest pain to Dr. McLaren. His response: “subendocardial ischemia. A emergent cardiology consult can be helpful for equivocal cases.
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