Pericarditis
CASE A 32 yo patient presents with a one week history of chest pain. The…
Pulmonary Embolism
CASE A 64 yo patient is referred to the emergency department(ED) with a persistent tachycardia.…
Dr Peter Kas27/10/2023
Can the ECG help us differentiate PE from ACS?
Pulmonary embolism(PE) and Acute Coronary Syndrome(ACS) causing ischaemia can sometimes be difficult to clinically differentiate.…
Dr Peter Kas13/03/2025
Acute Aortic Syndrome
Here is a lecture from the very talented and entertaining Prof Joe Nameth, who spoke…
Dr Peter Kas18/10/2023
Chest Pain and Left Bundle Branch Block
A 72 yo patient presents with chest pain. He is known to have ischaemic heart…
Dr Peter Kas12/09/2023
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection(SCAD)
CASE A 28 yo woman presents to the emergency department with chest pain and dyspnoea.…
Dr Peter Kas08/08/2023
Right Ventricular Infarction and Nitrates: Do we need to rethink?
Guidelines, Nitrates and Right Ventricular Infarction Cardiac Guidelines warn us against the use of Nitrates…
Dr Peter Kas04/05/2023
Early Depolarisation and Sudden Cardiac Death
A 28 yo patient presents to the emergency department following a syncopal episode. The patient…
Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024
52 yo with chest pain an hypotension
INTERESTING CASE WITH A TWIST. Read the case or watch the video. https://youtu.be/bj5-STj8Pok 52…
Dr Peter Kas20/11/2023
NOACs and a Patient with Palpitations
Below is a case of a 60 yo patient with palpitations, who is commenced on…
Dr Peter Kas08/11/2024
Epicardial Fat Necrosis
Epicardial fat necrosis is a rare, benign, self limiting condition that can mimic more serious…
Dr Peter Kas14/11/2024
Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department
Here are two cases of patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Would you treat them in the…
Dr Peter Kas14/11/2024
Is it Thoracic Aortic Dissection?
The Case A 58 yo patient presents to the emergency department with central crushing chest…
Dr Peter Kas08/08/2024
The Reverse Vagal Manoeuvre for SVT
A NEW technique for reverting SVT was published in AJEM(1) this week. The Reverse Vagal…
Dr Peter Kas14/05/2023
Canadian Syncope Risk Score
Those Canadians are clever. They've given us ankle rules and knee rules and subarachnoid rules.…
Dr Peter Kas14/11/2024
