Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 1, 2019

Case 2: sent by Dr. James Alva A man in his 50s with diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia presented to the ED with chest pain and shortness of breath off and on over the past three days, with associated vomiting. The rhythm is sinus tachycardia at ~105/minute. The rhythm is sinus tachycardia at ~115/minute.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Case submitted and written by Mazen El-Baba MD, with edits from Jesse McLaren and edits/comments by Smith and Grauer A 90-year old with a past medical history of atrial fibrillation, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, presented with acute onset chest/epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting. A normal PR interval.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 2, 2019

Palpitations in a Young Healthy Male A pathognomonic ECG you should recognize instantly A middle-aged man with severe syncope, diffuse weakness Chest pain and Diffuse ST depression, with STE in aVR. Biphasic T-waves in a Middle-Aged Male with Vomiting Diabetic Ketoacidosis: is there hypokalemia? Are These Wellens' Waves??

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This results in severe chest pain or discomfort, with the subsequent release of cardiac biomarkers, and alterations in the electrocardiogram. Hypertension and diabetes were the two most common risk factors identified. It can cause diminished heart function and mortality if not treated properly with suitable measures.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

AUGUST 31, 2022

POTS stands for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Let’s call it Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome – that’s not really a diagnosis – it’s just a medical jargon filled term for what the patient has just told us. What is POTS? When you examine them, the heart rate can be found to be excessively fast.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

I was texted these ECGs by a recent residency graduate after they had all been recorded, along with the following clinical information: A 50-something with no cardiac history, but with h/o Diabetes, was doing physical work when he collapsed. MY Thoughts on ECG #1: The rhythm is sinus tachycardia at 105-110/minute.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

A patient in their 40s with type 1 diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department with 5 days of “flu-like” illness. They had difficulty describing their symptoms, but complained of severe weakness, nausea, vomiting, headache, and chest pain. They denied fever, cough, dyspnea, and sick contacts.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Written by Magnus Nossen The patient in today's case is a male in his 70s with hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus. He woke up alert and with chest pain which he also had experienced intermittently over the previous few days. The syncope lasted about 2-3 minutes according to his wife.

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Wellnest

JULY 19, 2023

However, recent studies have observed that people below 40 are also experiencing heart attacks due to high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, and social and mental stress. The abnormal heart rhythms can further lead to death because of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.

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