Acute Coronary Syndromes

A 56-year-old man develops sharp central chest pain 36 hours after an uncomplicated inferior myocardial infarction. The pain is worse when he lies flat or takes…

A 62-year-old man has a regular broad-complex tachycardia at 190 beats per minute three hours after treatment for an acute myocardial infarction. He is consciou…

A 64-year-old man is recovering in hospital four days after an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary interventi…

A 62-year-old woman is reviewed three months after a large anterior myocardial infarction. She has mild exertional breathlessness but no recurrent chest pain; t…

A 71-year-old man is monitored after an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. He becomes dizzy but remains conscious; the ECG shows regular P waves at 84…

A 78-year-old man presents with an anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction at a hospital where primary percutaneous coronary intervention cannot be delivere…

A 64-year-old man becomes hypotensive shortly after reperfusion of an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. He is distressed but has clear breath sounds,…

A 59-year-old woman develops sharp central chest pain two days after an uncomplicated ST-elevation myocardial infarction. She says it is worse when she takes a…

A 67-year-old man is recovering on the fourth day after an inferior myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention. He suddenly d…