Chest Pain Document Stents 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 19, 2024
The patient presented to an outside hospital An 80yo female per triage “patient presents with chest pain, also hurts to breathe” PMH: CAD, s/p stent placement, CHF, atrial fibrillation, pacemaker (placed 1 month earlier), LBBB. HPI: Abrupt onset of substernal chest pain associated with nausea/vomiting 30 min PTA.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 22, 2024
Written by Willy Frick A man in his 50s with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and a 30 pack-year smoking history presented to the ER with 1 hour of acute onset, severe chest pain and diaphoresis. His ECG is shown: What do you think? What do you think? This was the cost of preventing infarction of the anterior wall.)
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Written by Jesse McLaren A previously healthy 50 year-old presented with 24 hours of intermittent exertional chest pain, radiating to the arms and associated with shortness of breath. In a previously healthy patient with new and ongoing chest pain, this is concerning for acute occlusion of the first diagonal artery.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2015
52-year-old lady presents to the Emergency Department with 2 hours of chest pain, palpitations & SOB. Without them the diagnosis is often tough and one must often rely on other clinical data- serial ECG’s, troponin, on-going chest pain, etc. She received PCI with 2 drug-eluting stents in overlying fashion.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 14, 2023
Sent by Anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 60s with history of CAD and 2 prior stents presented to the ED complaining of acute heavy substernal chest pain that began while eating breakfast about an hour ago, and had been persistent since then, despite EMS administering aspirin and nitroglycerin. Pre-intervention.
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
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Written by Willy Frick A man in his 50s with a history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and prior inferior OMI status post DES to his proximal RCA 3 years prior presented to the emergency department at around 3 AM complaining of chest pain onset around 9 PM the evening prior. The following ECG was obtained.
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