2019 Chest Pain STEMI 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 7, 2024
Written by Jesse McLaren A previously healthy 60 year old developed exertional chest pain with diaphoresis, and called EMS. So while there’s no diagnostic STEMI criteria, there are multiple ischemic abnormalities in 11/12 leads involving QRS, ST and T waves, which are diagnostic of a proximal LAD occlusion. What do you think?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 8, 2023
Written by Jesse McLaren A 75 year old with a history of CABG called EMS after 24 hours of chest pain. The patient has a history of CABG so some of these changes could be old, but with ongoing chest pain and bradycardia in a high risk patient this is still acute OMI until proven otherwise. HR 40, BP 135/70, RR16, O2 100%.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 21, 2023
Sent by Magnus Nossen MD, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s, previously healthy, developed acute chest pain. The primary care physician there evaluated this patient and deemed the chest pain to be due to gastrointestinal causes. Clinical Cardiology 2019. Peak high sensitivity troponin T was 2,696 ng/L.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 19, 2024
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.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Written by Jesse McLaren Four patients presented with chest pain. 4,5] We have now formally studied this question: Emergency department Code STEMI patients with initial electrocardiogram labeled ‘normal’ by computer interpretation: a 7-year retrospective review.[6]
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 9, 2023
Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s with no prior known medical history presented to the Emergency Department with severe intermittent chest pain. He denied any lightheadedness, shortness of breath, vomiting, or abdominal pain. Barely any STE, and thus not meeting STEMI criteria.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 25, 2023
Healthy male under 25 years old with a pretty good story for acute onset crushing chest pain relieved with nitro. Smith and Meyers to diagnose both obvious (STEMI) and subtle OMI. But the stuttering pain and sudden onset suggest acute coronary occlusion (Occlusion MI, or OMI). No pericardial effusion on ultrasound."
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