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Chest pain, resolved. Does it need emergent cath lab activation (some controversy here)? And much much more.

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A 50-something male with hypertension and 20- to 40-year smoking history presented with 1 week of stuttering chest pain that is worse with exertion, which takes many minutes to resolve after resting and never occurs at rest. At times the pain does go to his left neck. It is a ssociated with mild dyspnea on exertion. Am Heart J.

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Chest Pain and Right Bundle Branch Block

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A male in late middle age with a history of RCA stent 8 years prior complained of chest pain. See this article by Widimsky: Primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction with right bundle branch block: should new onset right bundle branch block be added to future guidelines as an indication for reperfusion therapy [link]

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Severe Chest Pain on ED Arrival, after Wellens' waves Seen on Prehospital ECG

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A 40-something woman called 911 in the middle of the night for Chest pain that was intermittent. On arrival, she complained of severe pain. The medics had recorded this ECG and were uncertain whether it was recorded during chest pain: Let's get a better image with use of the PM Cardio app : What do you think?

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A man in his 50s with chest pain

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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. Isn't it amazing?? Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017;127:401–411. Am J Cardiol.

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Right precordial ST depression in a patient with chest pain

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A 70-year-old man calls 911 after experiencing sudden, severe chest pain. Electrocardiographic Manifestations: Acute posterior wall myocardial infarction. Posterior myocardial infarction: the dark side of the moon. This case comes from Sam Ghali ( @EM_RESUS ). Thanks, Sam! J Emerg Med 2001; 20:391-401.

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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

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[link] A 30 year-old woman was brought to the ED with chest pain. She had given birth a week ago, and she had similar chest pain during her labor. She attributed the chest pain to anxiety and stress, saying "I'm just an anxious person." This case occurred 10+ years ago. References Lobo AS et al.

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If you had recorded an ECG during chest pain, what would it have shown?

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He had suffered a couple bouts of typical chest pain in the last 24 hours. This ECG (ECG #3) was recorded immediately after the last episode of pain spontaneously resolved. The pain had lasted about one hour. Electrocardiographic diagnosis of reperfusion during thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction.