Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

See these similar cases: A man in his sixties with chest pain Why is there inferior ST elevation, and would you get posterior leads? For readers not familiar with this format — I've reviewed its features in the Addendum at the bottom of the page in the April 24, 2022 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog. Is it inferior and RV OMI?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

She did notice something slightly wrong subjectively, but had no palpitations, chest pain, or SOB, or any other symptom. Vagally-mediated AFib is more likely to occur at night or after meals — and less likely to occur with exercise. 25, 2022 ). Her Apple Watch suddenly told her that she is in atrial fibrillation.

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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. A 50-something presented with s udden onset palpitations 8 hrs prior while sitting at desk at work.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

She denied chest pain and denied feeling any palpitations, even during her triage ECG: What do you think? She was given some intense exercise restrictions and offered genetic testing. For review of a case of RVOT VT — Please see My Comment at the bottom of the page in the February 14, 2022 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 1, 2023

Share Chest Pain Symptoms There is no role for CT Calcium Scoring in the setting of someone with chest pain symptoms suspected to be from a narrowed coronary artery. This approach also reduces death from heart disease and heart attacks by 41% compared to conventional approaches such as exercise stress testing 2.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

His medical history is unremarkable except a similar pain occurred 4-5 times in the previous 3 months with less intensity, short duration, unrelated to exertion. He visited an outpatient clinic for it and an echocardiogram and exercise stress test was normal. He has 40 packs-year of smoking history. He denies taking any medication.

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Dr. Anish Koka

DECEMBER 12, 2022

1:42 AM ∙ Dec 10, 2022 76 Likes 6 Retweets The “mild & self-resolved” moniker refers to the experience of patients hospitalized for vaccine myocarditis. They admitted to it themselves, and they still used it. One of the 2 cases described in the New England Journal of Medicine was diagnosed based on autopsy findings.

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