Joanne Williams, MD MAAEM FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose
Chest pain! ECG! No brainer! The ED Physician most notably orders and interprets the ECG in the evaluation of patients with suspected life-threatening cardiac pathology, namely STEMI. There are several scenarios in which the ECG may be used as a primary diagnostic tool for non-myocardial infarction medical conditions, including but not limited to, metabolic disorders, drug toxicity, syncope, and complications of valvular disease. This presentation will evaluate several clinical scenarios in which the diagnosis was actually “buried in the ECG”.
Learning Objectives:
Realize that the ECG can be a treasured diagnostic tool in scenarios other than evaluating chest pain.
Recognize some key ECG findings peculiar to certain clinical diagnoses.