ECGs

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...

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.

A 57-year-old woman is awakened from sleep in the early morning with sudden-onset chest pressure.

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...

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...

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.

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.

A 44-year-old diabetic man is brought via EMS to his local hospital, having been found unconscious at home...

A 54-year-old man develops epigastric discomfort and nausea while driving home from his job as a night watchman...

A 16-year-old healthy female with a strong family history of sudden cardiac death undergoes a s creening ECG.