Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 22, 2023

He denied chest pain or shortness of breath. In the clinical context of weakness and fever, without chest pain or shortness of breath, the likelihood of Brugada pattern is obviously much higher. There were no dysrhythmias on cardiac monitor during observation. See below for PM Cardio digitized version of this.

Chest Pain 74

Chest Pain Heart Rhythm Sudden Cardiac Death Dysrhythmia 74

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 31, 2018

hours of substernal chest pressure. She had zero CAD risk factors. Now you have ECG and troponin evidence of ischemia, AND ventricular dysrhythmia, which means this is NOT a stable ACS. SCAD occurs in patients with few or non-traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Again, cath lab was not activated.

SCAD 52

SCAD Chest Pain Myocardial Infarction Ischemia 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Check : [vitals, SOB, Chest Pain, Ultrasound] If the patient has Abdominal Pain, Chest Pain, Dyspnea or Hypoxemia, Headache, Hypotension , then these should be considered the primary chief complaint (not syncope). Aortic Dissection, Valvular (especially Aortic Stenosis), Tamponade.

Arrhythmia 52

Arrhythmia Outcomes Risk Factors Chest Pain 52