Flummoxing Familial Fibrillation
A teenager in atrial fibrillation with a worrying family history. A very unusual looking ECG with Familial Fibrillation... congenital SQTS
Category Medical Specialty
Sudden Syncope at Soccer
A 26-year old man presents to ED by ambulance after an episode of syncope while playing soccer. RVOT, BCT, ARVC, ARVD
A Subtle Sign of Something Sinister
Can you spot the subtle ECG abnormality that will help you nail the diagnosis in this patient with chest pain? HINT - U wave inversion...
Ultrasound Case 079
Presentation A previously well 49 year old man presents with chest pain. He is tachycardic, tachypneoic and hypoxic with blood pressure 110 He is 2 weeks post ankle surgery. Describe and interpret these scans
Seizures, Somnolence and a Scary ECG
An 18-year old male is brought to ED by ambulance following a generalised seizure at home. Has he taken TCA, can you save his life?
Marathon-related ECG Exasperation
Can you correctly interpret the ECG findings in a marathon runner with gastroenteritis? What is their significance? Is this AIVR?
Puzzling Paroxysmal Palpitations
15-year old boy presents to ED with sudden onset of palpitations while playing sport. Manage this Broad Complex Tachycardia
Lung Point Case 3
45 year old male presents with left sided chest pain after scuba diving. What does the ultrasound show? Tiny pneumothorax and lung point
Risky Rhythyms
This ECG Exigency serves up 5 different risky rhythm strips. Each tells a story. Can you work out what is happening before its too late?
Pain free and in VT?
A 62-year man who is awaiting a bed under the medics for investigation of an episode of chest pain earlier in the day. Is this Wellens?
Electrocardiographic Exigency
A 23 year-old man had an episode of syncope at home. He is in severe respiratory distress, extremely pale, dripping with sweat. ECG Exigency
Investigative Epidemiology
Putting your head above the parapet Part of the joys of studying at the Liverpool Tropical School of Medicine is the weekly Wednesday lunchtime lectures. This week we were treated to investigative journalist Deborah Cohen (@deb-cohen), an award winning medically…