Chest Pain Document Pericarditis 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 16, 2023
Sent by Dan Singer MD, written by Meyers, edits by Smith A man in his late 30s presented with acute chest pain and normal vitals except tachycardia at about 115 bpm. Dr. Singer sent this to me with just the information: "~40 year old with acute chest pain". Acute pain?" -(Dr. I immediately responded: "cool fake!
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 20, 2018
A 40 something woman with a history of hyperlipidemia and additional risk factors including a smoking history presented with substernal chest pain radiating to "both axilla" as well as the upper back. She was reportedly "pacing in her room while holding her chest". Clinician and EKG machine read of acute pericarditis.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 3, 2018
Submitted and written by Alex Bracey with edits by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith Case A 50ish year old man with a history of CAD w/ prior LAD MI s/p LAD stenting presented to the ED with chest pain similar to his prior MI, but worse. The pain initially started the day prior to presentation. The ST elevation from today is ~0.2
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 19, 2019
Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith A man in his early 40s with history of MI s/p PCI presented with bilateral anterior chest pain described as burning and belching with no radiation since last night starting around 11pm (roughly 11 hours ago). The patient was still with ongoing chest pain at the time ECG #1 was done.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 27, 2025
Below is the first ECG, signed off by the over-reading cardiologist agreeing with the computer interpretation: ST elevation, consider early repolarization, pericarditis, or injury. Theres ST elevation in V3-4 which meets STEMI criteria, which could be present in either early repolarization, pericarditis or injury. What do you think?
Dr. Anish Koka
JANUARY 1, 2023
The case reports Case 1 involves a 26 year old man who developed pericarditis after the Pfizer vaccine. Pericarditis, an inflammation of the sac the heart lives in, developed about 7 days after the Pfizer vaccine. The diagnosis was made based on classic findings of inflammation on an electrocardiogram associated with acute chest pain.
All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders
APRIL 25, 2024
Tuberculous pericardial effusion can be documented by aspirating the fluid and culturing the fluid for the presence of the bacteria causing tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). There are other tests also for tuberculous pericarditis, but they not as sure as growing the bacterium in culture.
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