CAD Emergency Department OR 
FOAMfrat
DECEMBER 26, 2024
IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE NEEDS HELP, CALL 988 OR SEEK CARE AT A LOCAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. CAD notes indicate that the caller was walking in the park and came across a vehicle in the far corner of the parking lot. TRIGGER WARNING: TOPICS OF SUICIDE MAY BE HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE TO READ ABOUT.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 20, 2024
A 63 year old man with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, prediabetes, and a family history of CAD developed chest pain, shortness of breath, and diaphoresis after consuming a large meal at noon. Diagnosis of Type I vs. Type II Myocardial Infarction in Emergency Department patients with Ischemic Symptoms (abstract 102).
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The Skeptics' Guide to EM
JULY 2, 2022
Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. His father had a minor heart attack at the age of 63. AEM June 2022.
EMS 12-Lead
AUGUST 14, 2022
Otherwise, no admission of CAD, HLD, or family history of sudden cardiac death. There was no obvious pallor, diaphoresis, or dyspnea, and he denied any prior episodes of vomiting. He described the pain as “nagging,” and equally not exacerbated by any kind of movement. it has been subsequently deemed a STEMI-equivalent.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 18, 2024
Written by Jesse McLaren A 70 year old with prior MIs and stents to LAD and RCA presented to the emergency department with 2 weeks of increasing exertional chest pain radiating to the left arm, associated with nausea. 1] European guidelines add "regardless of biomarkers".
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting." Just because you don't see hemodynamically significant CAD on angiogram does not mean it is not OMI. V1 has 0.5 mm of elevation. More notably there are hyperacute T waves in V3 through V5.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Patient stated that he has had glucose over 400 even though he has not missed any doses of insulin. Aslanger's is a combination of inferior OMI with widespread ST depression and is due to BOTH occlusion of one artery (usually the circumflex, but sometimes the RCA) AND simultantous 3 vessel disease.
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