Using 49 capacitive-coupled electrodes, mattress-type harness was developed to obtain posterior body surface potential map (P-BSPM) in dressed individuals. The aim of this study was to investigate how valuable information P-BSPM could provide, especially in discrimination of old myocardial infarction (OMI). P-BSPM of 59 individuals were analyzed; 23 normal control, 11 right bundle branch block ...

Background: Right ventricular infarction (RVI) is frequently associated with inferior wall myocardial infarction (MI). Methods: This study was designed to identify the burden of RVI in patients presenting with inferior wall MI (n=50) by right precordial electrocardiogram (ECG) and comparing it with echocardiography (ECHO). Results: Their mean age was (54.5 ± 11.9 years); there were 42 males. ST...

Background Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between initial serum brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels and right ventricular functions in inferior myocardial infarction (MI) with and without right ventricular involvement. Methods The study included 61 patients, who presented with acute inferior MI. Twenty-seven patients had right ventricular involvement. Blood samples for BNP ...

BACKGROUND The location of the myocardial infarction (MI) might modify the spectral characteristics of ventricular fibrillation (VF) in humans. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of the location of the infarcted area on the spectral parameters of VF. METHODS Patients with chronic MI (29 anterior, 32 inferior) and induced VF during cardioverter defibrillator implant were retrospectively studie...

The ECG changes during exercise are described in 71 patients with a previous anteroseptal or anterolateral infarction (ANT-MI) and in 73 patients with an old posterior or inferior wall infarction (INF-MI). Left ventricular angiograms in 95 patients yielded a good correlation between areas of dyssynergy and the QRS pattern at rest. The ST changes in patients with coronary artery disease and a no...

Inferior wall myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the common straightforward cardiac conditions in emergency department (ED) but inferior MI masquerading pulmonary embolism (PE) extremely rare and can be missed if not evaluated promptly ED. Misdiagnosis PE associated with high mortality. Here, we report a case 67-year-old male who was admitted to ED has been diagnosed evolved based on his clin...

OBJECTIVE Toreport a causal relationship between myocardial infarction (MI) and obesity in an adolescent in the absence of the well-known risk factors for MI. CASE PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A morbidly obese 17-year-old male, a nonsmoker, nondiabetic and normotensive patient, who sustained acute inferior MI with no family history of coronary artery disease, presented with central chest pai...

An ischemic ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a lethal complication of myocardial infarction (MI), commonly from 24 hours to up 5 days presentation with AMI. Despite the improvement surgical techniques, mortality still very high poor prognosis. Left aneurysm (LVA) may also be fatal mechanical MI but rarely occurs in posterior or inferior portion interventricular septum. Concomitant AMI complic...

INTRODUCTION Prognostic differences between anterior and inferior wall Myocardial Infarction (MI) has been extensively investigated, but there is limited information about similar comparison between inferior wall MI caused by right coronary artery (RCA) and left circumflex artery (LCX) occlusion. The aim of present study was to compare prognostic differences between LCX- and RCA-related acute i...