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Syncope While Driving. Activate the Cath Lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The medics stated he had been nauseated and diaphoretic, but he did not have any chest pain or SOB. The only alternative is old inferior MI with persistent ST-Elevation, or inferior aneurysm morphology. Unlike anterior aneurysm, a QS-wave is uncommon. Unlike anterior aneurysm, a QS-wave is uncommon.

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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

No prior exertional complaints of chest pain, dizziness, lightheadedness, or undue shortness of breath. He denied headache or neck pain associated with exertion. I sent this ECG to Dr. Smith, with the only information that it is a 17 year old with chest pain. 24 yo woman with chest pain: Is this STEMI?

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Pulmonary edema, with tachycardia and OMI on the ECG -- what is going on?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 69 year old woman with a history of hypertension presented to the emergency department by EMS for evaluation of chest pain and shortness of breath. She awoke in the morning with sharp chest pain which worsened throughout the morning. As her pain worsened, so did her dyspnea. This was written by Hans Helseth.