ECG Case 134

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A 67-year-old man presents to the emergency department with shortness of breath, palpitations, and chest discomfort. An ECG is obtained. What's your interpretation ?

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ECG Case 133

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A 36-year-old man presents with acute onset of palpitations. He has no known history of heart disease. What is the origin of the tachyarrhythmia?

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ECG Case 132

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An 88-year-old man on digoxin presents to his cardiologist for routine follow-up. He is complaining of occasional palpitations and shortness of breath, and an ECG is obtained.

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ECG Case 129

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A 48-year-old woman with severe asthma is admitted to the hospital with palpitations. She is initially thought to have atrial fibrillation and is treated with attempts at rate control.

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ECG Case 128

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A 22-year-old man with no previous cardiac history, but with a history of a seizure disorder for the past 4 years, presents to the emergency department after an unwitnessed syncopal episode. He is admitted to the hospital and placed on telemetry.

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ECG Case 127

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The patient was complaining of chest pain and dyspnea in the minutes preceding the ECG and became acutely unresponsive and pulseless while the ECG was being obtained.

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