Modified Sgarbossa Criteria: Ready for Primetime?
December 3, 2013
The recognition of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the presence of left bundle-branch block (LBBB) remains difficult and frustrating to both emergency medicine physicians...
Marco Torres
REBEL ECG of the Week #4
November 29, 2013
62 year old male with chief complaint of weakness. Patient had a complicated hospital course including necrotizing fasciitis which required surgical debridement and IV antibiotics....
SVT With Aberrancy Versus VT
November 22, 2013
Differentiating between SVT with aberrancy versus VT can be very difficult. It is crucial to be able to make this distinction as therapeutic decisions are anchored...
REBEL ECG of the Week #3
November 18, 2013
The subject of this ECG of the Week is a 47 y/o hispanic female with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension,...
REBEL ECG of the Week #2
November 11, 2013
58 year old female with chief complaint of chest pain x2hours with PMH of type 2 diabetes mellitus, Hyperlipidemia, and hypertension. She is brought...
REBEL ECG of the Week #1
November 8, 2013
68 year old hispanic female with a chief complaint of weakness/syncope. PMH of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension. She was brought in via EMS...
Bundle Branch Blocks: 101
November 2, 2013
Recently, I have been asked by several students at my home institution (UTHSC at San Antonio) to help them understand bundle branch blocks. This is...
The Importance of Reciprocal Changes in aVL
November 1, 2013
ECG interpretation is one of the most important skills to master as an emergency physician, and its interpretation can be very complex and frustrating. ECG...