A patient’s chest pain has resolved and the emergency department ECG looks relatively reassuring. This teaching case asks what information might still be missing, using the contrast with an earlier ambulance tracing to explore dynamic ECG changes and the importance of clinical detective work.
Cardiology Case 05: Detective work Read More
A patient with ongoing chest pain has an ECG that does not fit a familiar STEMI pattern. This educational case from 2014 asks how the clinical history and shape of the ST segments should influence the next decision, before revealing the angiographic findings and outcome.
Cardiology Case 04: An unusual ECG Read More
How seriously should we take ST depression when the patient is now pain-free? This hypothetical cardiology case explores dynamic ECG changes, serial troponin results and clinical context, then reviews the 2012 evidence on when patients with NSTEMI should undergo coronary intervention.
Cardiology Case 02: ST depression, no rush? St.Emlyn’s Read More
