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What would you do with acute chest pain and this ECG? You might see what the Queen thinks.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Case An 82 year old man with a history of hypertension presented to the ED with chest pain at 1211. Three months prior to this presentation, he received a pacemaker for severe bradycardia and syncope due to sinus node dysfunction. The undergraduate continues: This new EKG pattern is more suggestive of acute pericarditis.

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A teenager involved in a motor vehicle collision with abnormal ECG

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

ECG of pneumopericardium and probable myocardial contusion shows typical pericarditis Male in 30's, 2 days after Motor Vehicle Collsion, complains of Chest Pain and Dyspnea Head On Motor Vehicle Collision. Q waves in association with RBBB are usually not seen in anterior leads unless there is pulmonary hypertension or anterior infarction.