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Inferior acute myocardial infarction with anterior ST-segment elevations

Auteurs: L. J. Bouhuijzen, M. G. Stoel

Gepubliceerd in: Netherlands Heart Journal | Uitgave 10/2018

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A 56-year-old woman presented with chest pain for the past 6 h and a clinical picture consistent with an ST-elevation myocardial infarction. A 12-lead electrocardiogram is shown in Fig. 1. Immediate coronary angiography revealed occlusion of a non-dominant right coronary artery (RCA). Successful intervention with a drug-eluting stent was performed. The left-sided coronary arteries showed no significant stenosis.
Acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation in both anterior and inferior leads is usually caused by occlusion of a wrap-around left anterior descending or proximal RCA occlusion [1]. Several mechanisms have been proposed for anterior ST-segment elevation in inferior infarction [2]. In this case, we hypothesised that acute ischaemic right ventricular dilation causes anti-clockwise rotation in the horizontal plane, resulting in ST elevation in all precordial leads. Surprisingly, the presence of concomitant precordial ST elevation is associated with smaller infarct size. This is probably explained by an absence of posterior infarction, which would result in precordial ST-segment depression [3].

Conflict of interest

L.J. Bouhuijzen and M.G. Stoel declare that they have no competing interests.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Inferior acute myocardial infarction with anterior ST-segment elevations
Auteurs
L. J. Bouhuijzen
M. G. Stoel
Publicatiedatum
13-08-2018
Uitgeverij
Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
Gepubliceerd in
Netherlands Heart Journal / Uitgave 10/2018
Print ISSN: 1568-5888
Elektronisch ISSN: 1876-6250
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-018-1147-8

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