Snapshot cases are tracings where we do not have good patient follow-up—or sometimes even clinical information—but still feel there are points worth discussing.   This is a patient who required emergent cardioversion for unstable rapid atrial fibrillation. What happened?   Tracing shared by Rob McDonald, and emergency department nurse in Queensland, Australia.

This is the conclusion to the Snapshot Case from a couple of days ago. If you haven’t already done so, I suggest reviewing the very brief initial case description. Here again is the EKG from Tuesday’s case. This tracing is nearly pathognomonic for true occlusion of the left main coronary artery (LMCA), resulting in a […]

Snapshot cases are EKG’s where we do not have good patient follow-up or sometimes even clinical information but still feel there are worthwhile learning points to convey. This is an old case we’ve actually featured on the blog before, but today we’re going to do so with a different focus. This ECG is from an […]