Cardiology

25-Year-Old STEMI: What a Paradox

4/23/2020 Tung-Lin Jesse Yuan, DO , Brian Monaco, MD

Paradoxical coronary emboli are rare phenomena that nevertheless should remain on your differential when patients with low risk factors for coronary artery disease develop atraumatic chest pain.

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: February - March 2020

2/13/2020 Paul Smyser, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 62-year-old male presents with 1 hour of crushing chest pain radiating to the right shoulder. What is your interpretation of the following ECG and what would you do next?

Cardiology , Radiology

Aortic Dissection: End the Glow!

2/12/2020 Roli Kushwaha, MD , Anthony Furiato, DO, FACEP , Justin McNamee, DO, FACEP

The key concern in the ED is if there is a way to risk stratify patients for AD and, if so, is there a test with high enough sensitivity and negative likelihood ratio to rule it out.

Cardiology

Primary Cardiac Synovial Sarcoma Complicated by a Malignant Pericardial Effusion

2/11/2020 Ryan Joseph, DO, DTM&H , Charles Kennedy , Meera Gebrael, MD , Shane Jennings, MD, FACEP

In this patient, bedside transthoracic echocardiography was key to discovering the cause of chest pain and shortness of breath.

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: December 2019 - January 2020

12/16/2019 Ben Flitter, MD , Annelies De Wulf, MD, MS, MPH , Christopher Willoughby, MD

A 53-year-old male with unknown past medical history presents by EMS after a syncopal episode, acute shortness of breath, chest pain, and altered mental status. His initial vital signs are notable for

Cardiology , Shock

Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

10/10/2019 Vase Bari, MD , B. Bryan Graham, DO

About 1 in 5 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy will develop atrial fibrillation. Here's how to clue in to this underlying cause of the dysrhythmia when a patient presents to you in the ED.

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: October 2019

10/10/2019 Benjamin Golden, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 22-year-old male with a history of sickle cell disease is brought to the ED by police after he was found altered and naked outside on a rainy night.

Critical Care , Cardiology

Mini Review: Blunt Cardiac Injury

9/26/2019 Mina Ghobrial, MD

Blunt chest trauma may be more prevalent than you realize. Sharpen your clinical gestalt by understanding the most helpful diagnostic tools, such as troponin, EKG, and echocardiography.

Critical Care , Cardiology , Deep Dive in CritCare

Deep Dive into the Evidence: Cardiac Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest

9/5/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Bryan Beattie, MD , Susannah Empson, MD , Mina Ghobrial, MD , Jaskirat Gill, MD , Emily Gillespie , Meghan Gorski, DO , Omid Manoochehri, MD , Joshua Novy, MD, MBA, MS , Jonathan Pickos, DO , Mark Ramzy, DO, EMT-P , Yanika Wolfe, MD

Will transesophageal echocardiography become the first imaging incorporated into ACLS protocols?

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: August 2019

8/14/2019 Sarah Frantz, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

An 87-year-old female presents with generalized weakness for the past several days after a recent increase in her diuretic medication by her cardiologist.

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25-Year-Old STEMI: What a Paradox

ECG Challenge: February - March 2020

Aortic Dissection: End the Glow!

Primary Cardiac Synovial Sarcoma Complicated by a Malignant Pericardial Effusion

ECG Challenge: December 2019 - January 2020

Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

ECG Challenge: October 2019

Mini Review: Blunt Cardiac Injury

Deep Dive into the Evidence: Cardiac Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest

ECG Challenge: August 2019

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