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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

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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A man in his 50s with chest pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

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?? Circulation. 2001;104:636–641.

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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

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. Case A 40-something male presented to triage. There are classic Wellens' waves in V2-V5. Am Heart J. Am Heart J.

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A woman in her 30s with sudden chest pain, nausea, and diaphoresis. Was her cardiology management appropriate?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

There is a patient with persistent chest pain and an initial troponin I over 52 ng/L; 52 ng/L has an approximate 70% PPV for acute type I MI in a chest pain patient. Pain was severe and persistent. CT angiography chest assessing for PE and dissection negative. Heparin drip was initiated. Normal RV function.

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An elderly male with shortness of breath

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

He reports significant chest pain at the base of his scapula on the right side along with new shortness of breath. Wellen's waves indicate that, when the patient was having chest pain, there was occlusion. See these casese (and I have many others): First ED ECG is Wellens' (pain free). A 70-something y.o.

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

This means that at every age, the probability a man complaining of chest pain has significant underlying coronary disease as a cause of this chest pain is much higher than a woman complaining of chest pain. The data is overwhelming every way you can possibly look at it. years of age versus 59.0±8.4

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A 30-something woman with intermittent CP, a HEART score of 2 and a Negative CT Coronary Angiogram on the same day

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 34 yo woman with a history of HTN, h/o SVT s/p ablation 2006, and 5 months post-partum presented with intermittent central chest pain and SOB. She had one episode of pain the previous night and two additional episodes early on morning the morning she presented. Deep breaths are painful and symptoms come and go.