AFIB Pericarditis Tachycardia 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Dyspnea, Chest pain, Tachypneic, Ill appearing: Bedside Cardiac Echo gives the Diagnosis 31 Year Old Male with RUQ Pain and a History of Pericarditis. Submitted by a Med Student, with Great Commentary on Bias! Chest pain, SOB, Precordial T-wave inversions, and positive troponin. What is the Diagnosis?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The ECG shows sinus tachycardia with RBBB and LAFB, without clear additional superimposed signs of ischemia. 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. ST depression.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 10, 2022
I sent it to 2 of my ECG nerd colleagues with no clinical information whatsoever, who instantly said: "Looks like afib with subendocardial ischemia and right heart strain pattern." "I Dyspnea, Chest pain, Tachypneic, Ill appearing: Bedside Cardiac Echo gives the Diagnosis 31 Year Old Male with RUQ Pain and a History of Pericarditis.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 15, 2024
We can see enough to make out that the rhythm is sinus tachycardia. Tachycardia is unusual for OMI, unless the patient is in cardiogenic shock (or getting close). A bedside ultrasound should be done to assess volume and other etiologies of tachycardia, but if no cause of type 2 MI is found, the cath lab should be activated NOW.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
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. Sinus Tachycardia ( common in any trauma patient. ). ST depression. Myocardial Contusion?
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