ECG Case 183

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A 54-year-old man, recently discharged after coronary artery bypass surgery, returns to the emergency department with chest pain and palpitations...

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ECG Case 182

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A 22-year-old man with a family history of premature coronary artery disease presents to the emergency department with sudden-onset chest heaviness...

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ECG Case 181

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A 65-year-old man with a history of an ischemic cardiomyopathy presents to the emergency department with a several-hour history of chest discomfort. He states that 2 years before, he had an ICD inserted...

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ECG Case 180

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A 51-year-old man has a history of palpitations that occur every few months. He is in his physician’s office for a routine physical examination. While being examined, his heart rate abruptly increases and he complains of the typical palpitations.

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ECG Case 178

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A 56-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with chest discomfort. He is placed on telemetry and treated with intravenous nitroglycerin and heparin. Two hours after admission, he is noted to have a rapid, wide complex tachycardia and no blood pressure is obtained...

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ECG Case 177

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A 58-year-old man with severe emphysema/COPD is admitted with progressively worsening dypnea. On presentation, it is felt that he has a COPD exacerbation...

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ECG Case 176

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A 64-year-old woman with diabetes and a long smoking history presents with left-sided chest discomfort that awakened her from her sleep. The discomfort was unrelenting, and she sought immediate medical attention.

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ECG Case 175

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A 31-year-old man with known congenital heart disease, for which he underwent surgery as a child, presents to the emergency department with palpitations that developed while he was jogging.

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