Answer from Rhythm Nation- February 2020 Answer: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) Interpretation: Rate: 60/min Rhythm: sinus Axis: Normal Intervals: Normal ST-T-Q: STE in lead III, aVF. STD I, aVL; Wellens type A pattern in V1 and V3, short/symmetric T wave inversions in V2, V4, V5. Biphasic T waves in Read more…
It rained all morning. I woke up to my plants tipping over from the wind, but how was I in such a good mood? I hummed as I repotted my basil, watered my cilantro saplings, and made a sturdier base for my aloe. I cooked a delicious lunch and watched Read more…
Rhythm Nation – February 2020 Ah, February. The month of hearts of all types – the ones that move too fast, the ones that don’t move fast enough, and the ones that just can’t seem to make up their minds. Thank you to Dr. Sharland Johnson for submitting this ECG! Read more…
Original post available here Answer: This patient is suffering from a posteroinferior MI. The best way to approach ECGs is, like anything else in medicine, systematically. Breaking down each component (rate, rhythm, axis, interval, morphology), we see the following findings on the ECG: Rate: 90/min Rhythm: irregularly irregular, no discernible Read more…
After a long hiatus, Rhythm Nation is back with our first post of 2019! Thanks to Dr. Angarita-Jones for submitting this ECG for the post. The patient is a 50-year-old man with hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia who presents after syncope. His wife states that they were watching Game of Thrones when Read more…
Smruti Desai, DO/MPH It is one of your last shifts as an intern, and after a year of wondering if you will get any taller, you finally have the elusive factor known as a linear thought process. You confidently sit back in your chair with this thought, and take Read more…
You watch the dusk enfold the mountains and you take a large drink of water. You may be a sweaty feast for mosquitoes, but you’re not in Pod A, and you still have a week of vacation left. You turn around to say something to your friend, who is just Read more…