Does anyone know?of any clinical studies that exist regarding the efficacy of administering nitro sl in the setting of chest pain.? Our Regional Emergency...
Hi all! I´m looking for any good and *comprehensive* book(s) on clinical electrocardiography in the likes of i.e. Chou. I´m not familiar with Braunwald, can...
The attached strip is from a patient with a Hx of A-Fib and a pacemaker. The strip is from a LP12 that is set to ID pacer spikes with bold arrows at the ...
Even though a-flutter was "in" lately, I'd call this a very nasty. (hmmm. 6:1) 3rd degree AV block for several reasons. At first glance it looks like a...
Just a funny story from the ER where I work. A colleague of mine was transporting a STEMI patient from the ER to the cath lab. The patient was lying on his...
I'd like to be able to share this information with the group here in the hopes that some members may have an interest in participating in an experimental...
Here's another ekg for you to interpret. Male patient, 32 y/o. Says that he has felt that there is "something funny going on". No chest pain, no syncopal...
OK, so this is a 74 yo female complaining of syncopal episodes and shortness of breath with exertion. Poorly controlled hypertension and intolerance of...
Pretty interesting case here about an ST elevation artifact that lead to angiography: http://lostonthefloor.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/its-an-infarct/ klaus...
I'd like to share a case. 63 year old male inmate who begain complaining of left sided chest pressure 14 hours ago (in prison). You arrive to find him on a...
OK, I saw so many individuals who picked up on that 2:1 atrial tachycardia (we ablated and terminated it on the upper crista terminalis) and her sinus rate and...
... I could have made 10k on a bet with my wife that at some point in this discussion one of my ecg club colleagues was going to start whining about the ...
Here is an interesting rhythm for everyone to look at. 25mm/sec, sorry no grids..... Good luck!!  Neal  Here is an interesting rhythm for everyone to...
In our reflections about the efficacy of NTC and MS in AMI patients, we seem to focus on outcomes, and that's nice, but pain management seems to get pushed to...
This is an interesting paper looking at isopotentials of ischemic changes (ST depression) versus infarct changes (ST elevation). One of the final conclusions...
Question to the group. I've seen several papers that have used aspirin 500mg and clopidogrel 600mg as initial dose in ACS. The rationale is that some people...
I snapped this ekg from a blog that I enjoy reading. The blogger works on a telemetry floor and sometimes posts ekg strips for debate. He recently posted a...
Just an academic question here about the postextrasystolic pause with premature beats. I'm hoping someone can help. I've got a strip showing atrial bigeminy,...
Can anyone help me with this EKG? Mind you, this is at 50mm/s.. Patient: 60 y/o male with previous (several years ago) lateral wall AMI with cardiac arrest....
Just as a curiosity to see what the responses are and see what everyone's understanding is..... Â Does a prolonged PR (1st degree block) always represent AV...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/health/27disp.html http://circoutcomes.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/2/1/9 Women Delayed While in Emergency Care By...
In trying to get up to snuff with this club I have been reading some of the old posts. One such post had to do with a Polls section of this forum...one of the...
Does anyone have some insight to share about the attached single-channel ekg? HX:Â 82 yo CF, BMI 23 (5'-9", 166# although was 40# heavier in middle age), w/...
