Letter by Patel et al Regarding Article, “Masking Inferior Infarction by Anterior Myocardial Injury”

Letter by Millar and Makanjee regarding article, "Masking inferior infarction by anterior myocardial injury".

Letter regarding article by Wang et al, "coronary artery spatial distribution of acute myocardial infarction occlusions".

BACKGROUND Acute coronary occlusions leading to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs) are due primarily to rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. Present "vulnerable plaque" detection technology focuses on identifying individual plaques with no clear therapeutic plan beyond conventional risk factor reduction. We developed a spatial map of the distribution of acute coronary occlusion...

Letter by Calvet et al regarding article, "Prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with cerebral infarction".

Left anterior hemiblock masking inferior myocardial infarction.

A case is presented in which transient left anterior hemiblock masked the electrocardiographic signs of old inferior wall infarction. The electrocardiographic features are correlated with the anatomopathological findings. This case re-emphasizes the need for careful evaluation of patients with chest pain and left anterior hemiblock.

Letter regarding article by Banki et al., "Acute neurocardiogenic injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage.".

“Acute Neurocardiogenic Injury After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage” To the Editor: In their stimulating article, Banki et al1 showed that the left ventricular dysfunction found in a third of the patients studied with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is associated with an abnormal sympathetic innervation and a release of cardiac enzymes despite a normal myocardial perfusion. Interestingly, the neurocardi...