Ken Grauer, MD
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
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.
ECG Cases
APRIL 2, 2024
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.
Ken Grauer, MD
DECEMBER 8, 2023
For full discussion of this case — See ECG Blog #292 — == The 2 ECGs shown in Figure-1 were obtained from a man in his 30s — who presented to the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) with chest pain that began several hours earlier. ECG Blog #260 — Reviews another case that illustrates the concept of "dynamic" ST-T wave changes.
Ken Grauer, MD
MARCH 1, 2024
No clear history for recent chest pain — but the patient "has not been well" for the previous week. I review my user-friendly approach to the ECG diagnosis of the Bundle Branch Blocks in ECG Blog #282 — and to Hemiblocks and Bifascicular Blocks in ECG Blog #203. ECG Blog #394 — reviews another case of Masquerading BBB.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
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.
Ken Grauer, MD
MARCH 27, 2024
No chest pain. This leaves us with the usual differential diagnosis for this rhythm presentation ( as per ECG Blog #361 ) ==> We need to consider i ) VT until proven otherwise: ii ) SVT with either preexisting BBB or aberrant conduction; — or , iii ) Something else ( ie, WPW, hyperkalemia, some other toxicity, etc. ).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 3, 2023
This was sent by anonymous The patient is a 55-year-old male who presented to the emergency department after approximately 3 to 4 days of intermittent central boring chest pain initially responsive to nitroglycerin, but is now more constant and not responsive to nitroglycerin. It is unknown when this pain recurred and became constant.
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