Blog Chest Pain Ischemia 
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.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
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?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 40s presented with acute chest pain and shortness of breath. A 30-something woman with chest pain and h/o pulmonary hypertension due to chronic pulmonary emboli A 30-something with 8 hours of chest pain and an elevated troponin Syncope, Shock, AV block, Large RV, "Anterior" ST Elevation.
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
DECEMBER 15, 2023
For full discussion of this case — See ECG Blog #392 — == The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from a man in his 60s — who described the sudden onset of "chest tightness" that began 20 minutes earlier, but who now ( at the time this ECG was recorded ) — was no longer having symptoms. ECG Blog #387 — Dynamic change in 2 minutes.
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.
ECG Cases
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Jesse McLaren discusses some key aspects of cocaine chest pain ECG interpretation in this month's blog including: Patients with cocaine-associated chest pain require benzodiazepines +/- nitroglycerine for symptom relief, aspirin and ECG to look for signs of occlusion and reperfusion.
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