myocardial infarction

EKG Case Study: Is There More to This Chest Pain?

This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Ashley Grigsby, DO, PGY-4 Combined Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics Indiana UniversityCase A 32-year-old previously healthy African American male presents via emergency medical services (EMS) for evaluation of chest pain. An ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) code had been activated by EMS based on pre-hospital electrocardiogram (EKG) that had […]
Sex-Specific Differences of Myocardial Infarction Presentation in the ED

Image Credit: Pixabay Author: Jake Toy, MS3 Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CAAAEM/RSA Publications Committee ’16-’17 This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Heart disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women in the United States and accounts for approximately 1 in 4 […]

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