Ken Grauer, MD
MARCH 1, 2024
I was sent the 2 ECGs shown in Figure-1 — which were recorded from an elderly man whose heart beat "has been irregular for years". No clear history for recent chest pain — but the patient "has not been well" for the previous week. QUESTIONS: How would YOU interpret these 2 ECGs? — How might ECG #2 be related to ECG #1 ?
Ken Grauer, MD
OCTOBER 10, 2024
I was sent the ECG shown in Figure-1 — told only that the patient was a middle-aged man with septicemia. Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. With practice — it should literally take no more than seconds to assess these 5 Parameters ( See ECG Blog #185 — for more on the Ps,Qs,3R Approach to rhythm interpretation ).
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Ken Grauer, MD
JUNE 22, 2024
The ECG in Figure-1 — was obtained from a middle-aged woman with positional tachycardia and diaphoresis with change of position from suprine to sitting. Although CP ( C hest P ain ) was not a prominent symptom — ACS ( A cute C oronary S yndrome ) was suspected from the chest lead T wave inversion seen on this ECG. WHY — or Why Not?
Ken Grauer, MD
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
The ECG in Figure-1 — was obtained from a middle-aged man with palpitations and shortness of breath. How would YOU interpret the ECG in Figure-1 ? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. ( To improve visualization — I've digitized the original ECG using PMcardio ). Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. (
Ken Grauer, MD
APRIL 20, 2024
The ECG in Figure-1 — was obtained from a 70-ish year old man with episodic CP ( C hest P ain ) over the previous 2-3 days , being awakened from sleep now for a more severe CP episode. QUESTIONS: In view of this history — How would YOU interpret this ECG? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case.
Ken Grauer, MD
MAY 28, 2024
I recently recorded a series of 4 podcasts regarding KEY concepts in ECG interpretation. Easy LINKS — tinyurl.com/KG-ECG-Podcasts — [link] — Other ECG Audio PEARLS I previously made for my ECG Blog can be found in the right column of each page on this blog just below this icon — under, "ECG Audio PEARLS".
Ken Grauer, MD
JANUARY 5, 2024
Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. KEY Clinical Point: If I was the medical provider charged with the care of the patient whose ECG is shown in Figure-1 — I would approach this tracing in the following sequential stages: I’d first establish that the patient was hemodnamically stable with this ECG and this cardiac rhythm.
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