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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 22, 2024
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.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 28, 2018
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.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
AUGUST 3, 2017
A 70-year-old man calls 911 after experiencing sudden, severe chest pain. New electrocardiographic criteria for posterior wall myocardial ischemia validated by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty model of acute myocardial infarction. This case comes from Sam Ghali ( @EM_RESUS ). Thanks, Sam! Neth Heart J.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 8, 2022
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. Is there STEMI?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
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.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 9, 2013
This male in his 40's had been having intermittent chest pain for one week. He awoke from sleep with crushing central chest pain and called ems. EMS recorded a 12-lead, then gave 2 sublingual nitros with complete relief of pain. Type B waves are deeper and symmetric. Wehrens X.H., Doevendans P.A., Ophuis T.J.,
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 18, 2013
This was my thought: if this patient presented to the ED with chest pain, then this is an LAD occlusion. Usefulness of automated serial 12-lead ECG monitoring during the initial emergency department evaluation of patients with chest pain. Ann Emerg Med 1998;31(1):3-11. Wang T, Zhang M, Fu Y, et al. Marti D et al.
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