Suppurative pericarditis complicating myocardial infarction.

[Myocardial infarction or pericarditis?].

W niniejszej pracy przedstawiono EKG 52-letniego mężczyzny, którego przyjęto do kliniki kardiologii z powodu podejrzenia ostrego zespołu wieńcowego. Pacjent podawał w wywiadzie nietypowe bóle w okolicy przedsercowej występujące od 2–3 dni, pogarszającą się tolerancję wysiłku, rozpoznany przed 6 miesiącami nowotwór lewego płuca, przebyty z tego powodu kurs chemioterapii. W EKG (ryc. 1) stwierdzo...

Constrictive pericarditis after myocardial infarction.

Constrictive pericarditis developed in a 55 year old man two years after transmural myocardial infarction complicated by severe acute pericarditis. Pericardiectomy was successful. Although this very rare late complication of myocardial infarction has been reported as a sequela of frank anticoagulant induced haemopericardium, in this case there was no clinical evidence of such an association.

Myocardial infarction complicating critical illness

Cardiac troponins are highly sensitive and specific indicators of myocardial injury. Although the mechanism of this injury is not entirely clear, it carries important prognostic information. Elevated serum levels of cardiac troponins have been described in a wide variety of conditions other than myocardial infarction (MI). The current study is an important first step in trying to determine the ...

Prognosis of pericarditis after acute myocardial infarction.

Heart failure complicating acute myocardial infarction.

Factors predisposing the older person with acute myocardial infarction (MI) to develop heart failure (HF) include an increased prevalence of MI, multivessel coronary artery disease, decreased left ventricular (LV) contractile reserve, impairment of LV diastolic relaxation, increased hypertension, LV hypertrophy, diabetes mellitus, valvular heart disease, and renal insufficiency. HF associated w...