AFIB Chest Pain Echocardiogram 
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
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Hopefully a repeat echocardiogram will be performed outpatient. 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. 1900: RBBB and LAFB are almost fully resolved.
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. See this case: what do you think the echocardiogram shows in this case? The patient was placed on telemetry.
Ken Grauer, MD
JANUARY 13, 2024
On the other hand — the ST elevation seen in lead V1 is perfectly consistent with LVH and LV "strain" ( ie, The shape of this ST-T wave in lead V1, in association with the deep S wave in this lead — is a mirror-image opposite picture of the typical expected appearance of LVH with "strain" in a lateral chest lead ).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 6, 2020
This middle-aged man with no cardiac history but with significant history of methamphetamin and alcohol use presented with chest pain and SOB, worsening over days, with orthopnea. Later, he underwent a formal echocardiogram: Very severe left ventricular enlargement (LVED diameter 7.4 BP:143/99, Pulse 109, Temp 37.2 °C
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
The pneumothorax was expanded with a chest tube At 17 hours, another ECG was recorded: It is now much less dramatic and has the morphology of Type 2 Brugada The hs troponin I peaked at 6500 ng/L -- this strongly suggests myocardial contusion. An echocardiogram was done. Is there also Brugada? Right ventricular prominence.
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