Sun.Oct 01, 2023

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Expert human ECG interpretation and/or the Queen of Hearts could have saved this patient's anterior wall

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This is a re-post of an excellent case from 2021. See it again now, along with our new Queen of Hearts functionality. We've come a long way in 2 years! And the pace only quickens. A man in his mid 60s with history of CAD and stents experienced sudden onset epigastric abdominal pain radiating up into his chest at home, waking him from sleep. He called EMS who brought him to the ED.

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Dear Carolyn: “Two sisters, one ‘heart-charged’ cardiac diagnosis”

Heart Sisters

Two sisters, diagnosed four days apart with a serious heart condition, explain how hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (and having defibrillators implanted) has changed their lives in surprising ways.