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ECG Blog #448 — A Young Man with Chest Pain.

Ken Grauer, MD

For example, considering whatever symptoms that the patient may have had ( ie, chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, etc. ) — what this might mean in view of the ECG we are looking at. Does the patient's age infuence your interpretation? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. ( Figure-2: I've labeled t he initial ECG.

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ECG Cases 49 – ECG and POCUS for Dyspnea and Chest Pain

ECG Cases

In this ECG Cases blog, Jesse McLaren and Rajiv Thavanathan explore how ECG and POCUS complement each other for patients presenting to the emergency department with shortness of breath or chest pain. The post ECG Cases 49 – ECG and POCUS for Dyspnea and Chest Pain appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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A 30-something with acute chest pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

I assumed it was a patient with acute chest pain. It was a man in his 30s with chest pain. While statistical likelihood of acute OMI is clearly lower in younger adults — nothing is ruled out by age alone ( as per My Comment in the January 9, 2023 and December 5, 2023 posts in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog ). 27 post ).

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ECG Blog #453 — Is this Wellens' Syndrome?

Ken Grauer, MD

As reviewed in ECG Blog #350 — t he clinical significance of Wellens' Syndrome — is that its recognition tells you that the patient has a high-grade LAD narrowing with presumably "hot" thrombus h avin g high propensity to propagate and/or totally occlude the LAD at any point in time ( including immediately ). What is W ellens’ S yndrome ?

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ECG Blog #445 — VT or LBBB?

Ken Grauer, MD

One reason why LBBB conduction in a patient with marked LVH may not evolve to a predominant ( if not all positive ) R wave by lead V6 — is that leftward and posterior forces of marked LVH with LBBB may delay transition to predominant positivity in the chest leads until more posteriorly oriented chest leads, such as V7 or V8.

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Which patient has the more severe chest pain?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

2 middle aged males presented with chest pain. Which had the more severe chest pain at the time of the ECG? Patient 2 at the bottom with a very subtle OMI complained of 10/10 chest pain at the time the ECG was recorded. 414 patients were included in the analysis.

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Acute chest pain and an abnormal ECG. Do precordial leads show benign T-wave inversion or ischemia?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Willy Frick A 51 year old man with hypertension presented with three hours of acute onset, severe midsternal chest pain associated with two episodes of nausea and vomiting. or 2) Inferior and lateral OMI that is beginning to reperfuse, even though the patient still has chest pain? ECG 1 What do you think?