Chest Pain ICU Ultrasound 
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 6, 2023
Submitted and written by Anonymous, edits by Meyers and Smith A 50s-year-old patient with no known cardiac history presented at 0045 with three hours of unrelenting central chest pain. The pain was heavy, radiated to her jaw with an associated headache. Triage VS: 135/65 mmHg, 95 bpm, 94% on room air, 16/min, 98.6 Abstract 556.
Circulation
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Description of Case:A 64-year-old male with complex medical history, including infective endocarditis of the aortic valve requiring surgical replacement with a bioprosthetic valve and recurrent infective endocarditis of the bioprosthetic valve, presented with two hours of crushing chest pain and found to have ST elevations.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 20, 2018
female with HTN, HLD, diabetes, ESRD on dialysis is brought in by EMS with sudden onset, left -sided chest pain for the past four hours. While she was in her bed at home, she had sudden onset of left sided chest pain that radiated to her shoulder. The pain was pleuritic, without nausea or diaphoresis.
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
SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
No chest pain. His ED cardiac ultrasound (which is not at all ideal for detecting wall motion abnormalities, and is also very operator dependent for this finding) was significant for depressed global EF. Later on during the night of his admission he had a short episode of chest pain that resolved with sublingual nitroglycerin.
Dr. Anish Koka
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
The current study should dispel the ludicrous notion that clinical myocarditis - a disease entity that comes to light when you have chest pain because cells in your heart are dying — is mild. The CDC study published in Lancet on previously healthy 12-29 years old’s is a survey-based study.
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