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What would you do with acute chest pain and this ECG? You might see what the Queen thinks.

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Case An 82 year old man with a history of hypertension presented to the ED with chest pain at 1211. He described his chest pain as pleuritic and reported that it started the day prior while swinging a golf club. His pain suddenly became much worse in the ED and he became acutely diaphoretic, dizzy, and hypotensive.

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A Middle-Aged male with Chest Pain and an Unusual ECG

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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. The patient in question presented with new-onset chest pain — and was from South(east) Asia. Bradycardia.

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Chest pain in high risk patient. Are these Hyperacute T-waves? What is going on here?

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A 40-something woman with h/o obesity, hyperlipidemia, smoking, as well as cocaine and alcohol abuse presented with intermittent chest pain for 2-3 weeks that became constant in the last day. I illustrate use of a Systematic Approach to ECG Interpretation in My Comment at the bottom of the June 28, 2019 SSmith Post ).

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See what happens when a left main thrombus evolves from subtotal occlusion to total occlusion.

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He woke up alert and with chest pain which he also had experienced intermittently over the previous few days. The history in today's case with sudden loss of consciousness followed by chest pain is very suggestive of ACS and type I ischemia as the cause of the ECG changes. What do you think?

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What are treatment options for this rhythm, when all else fails?

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The patient in today’s case is a previously healthy 40-something male who contacted EMS due to acute onset crushing chest pain. The pain was 10/10 in intensity radiating bilaterally to the shoulders and also to the left arm and neck. Written By Magnus Nossen — with edits by Ken Grauer and Smith. The below ECG was recorded.

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A man in his 60s with syncope and ST depression. What does the ECG mean?

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He did not have chest pain. Chest pain in high risk patient. Syncope and Bradycardia Syncope in a 20-something woman Long QT: Do not trust the computerized QT interval when the QT is long An Alcoholic Patient with Syncope Cardiac Arrest. Here is his triage ECG: What do you think? Is it STEMI? What is going on here?

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Cath Lab occupied. Which patient should go now (or does only one need it? Or neither?)

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He arrived to the ED by helicopter at 1507, about three hours after the start of his chest pain while chopping wood around noon. He arrived to the ED by ambulance at 1529, only a half hour after the start of his chest pain around 1500 while eating. Still, such dramatic changes cannot be overlooked.