ArticleHeart on the right may sometimes be ‘right’ Author:Donald A. Underwood, MDPublish date: April 1, 2015When a 76-year-old man presented with right-sided chest pain, his ECG suggested dextrocardia.Read More
ArticleImplications of a prominent R wave in V1Author:Donald A. Underwood, MDPublish date: April 1, 2013A 19-year old woman presents with exertional dyspnea. What can her electrocardiogram tell us?Read More
ArticleGiant inverted T wavesAuthor:Donald A. Underwood, MDPublish date: March 1, 2013A 48-year-old man has large, inverted T waves in the lateral and midprecordial leads. What is the cause?Read More
ArticleV1: The most important lead in inferior STEMIAuthor:Donald A. Underwood, MDPublish date: October 1, 2012A 63-year-old woman with diabetes and hypertension developed chest tightness. Her electrocardiogram showed ST-segment elevation in leads II, III, a...Read More
ArticleLeft ventricular hypertrophy: An overlooked cardiovascular risk factorAuthor:Donald A. Underwood, MDPublish date: June 1, 2010Antihypertensive treatment that causes left ventricular hypertrophy to regress also decreases rates of cardiovascular morbidity and death, independ...Read More
ArticleWhich medications should be held before a pharmacologic or exercise stress test?Author:Donald A. Underwood, MDPublish date: June 1, 2002This depends on the reason for the test, whether the patient can safely do without the medication, and the type of test.Read More
