Chest Pain ICU Tachycardia 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 17, 2024
Written by Bobby Nicholson, MD 67 year old male with history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the Emergency Department via ambulance with midsternal nonradiating chest pain and dyspnea on exertion. Pain improved to 1/10 after EMS administers 324 mg aspirin and the following EKG is obtained at triage.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
She had a single chamber ICD/Pacemaker implanted several years prior due to ventricular tachycardia. She presented to the emergency department after a couple of days of chest discomfort. Answer : The ECG above shows a regular wide complex tachycardia. Cardiac output (CO) was being maintained by the tachycardia.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2023
He did not have chest pain. ECG is consistent with severe hypokalemia and/or hypomagnesemia causing prolonged QT (QU) at high risk of Torsades (which is polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in the setting of a long QT interval). Chest pain in high risk patient. Here is his triage ECG: What do you think? Is it STEMI?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his late 40s with several ACS risk factors presented with a chief complaint of chest pain. Several hours prior to presentation, while driving his truck, he started experiencing new central chest pain, without radiation, aggravating/alleviating factors, or other associated symptoms.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 12, 2018
The findings include sinus tachycardia, characteristic QRS morphology most diagnostic in V3 with a small R wave followed by a very large S wave with a convex upward ST segment morphology, ST segment strain morphology in the inferior and anterior leads leading to deep symmetric T-wave inversion. and tachycardia, 1.8. incomplete RBBB 1.7
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 11, 2019
The patient was managed in the ICU and had serial troponins. In such cases, it is common for tachycardia to exaggerate the ST Elevation And, in fact, there was no new acute MI at this visit - troponins did not rise again. At some point he returned with chest pain, and all these findings were put into place. First was 2.9
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 5, 2022
He denied any chest pain or shortness of breath and stated he felt at his baseline yesterday prior to drug use. They recommended repeating his ECG and awaiting troponin since the patient did not have any chest pain. He complained of generalized weakness and left lower extremity numbness. What is it?
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