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A 65-year-old female with a history of hypertension presents with chest pain and dyspnea for 1 day. She denies fever, cough, nausea, vomiting, or abdominal pain. Upon arrival to urgent care, her respiratory rate was 28 breaths per minute, blood pressure 179/102, and oxygen saturation 92% on room air. An ECG is obtained.
View the ECG captured above and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
Case presented by Catherine Reynolds, MD, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.
65-Year-Old With Hypertension
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