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An adolescent with trauma, chest pain, and a wide complex rhythm
This case was sent by Dr Avinash Krishnamurthy, a fine emergency medicine resident from Australia Cairns base hospitalCase:An adolescent male had a mechanical fall and injured his left shoulder and arm. There was apparently no syncope and he had no bony injuries, but he did complain of left sided chest pain. His chest was tender. A bedside cardiac ultrasound was normal.An ECG was recorded:Avinash was understandably confused by this ECG.He wrote:" ECG 1 - shows wide ???IVCD type rhythm ?? Delta waves in them and then his native rhythm, with ectopic pace maker?? "This was recorded shortly after:" Wide com...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - June 14, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs