spontaneous coronary artery dissection (scad) is a rare condition that can result in unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, and sudden death. this condition may occur particularly in women during late pregnancy and in the postpartum period. we present the case of a 33-year-old african american woman, who had spontaneous left anterior descending coronary artery (lad) dissection two weeks ...

ST-elevation ACS (STE-ACS): patients present with acute chest pain and persistent (>20 minutes) ST-segment elevation. Most of these patients will develop an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Non-ST-elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS): patients present with acute chest pain but without persistent STsegment elevation. The ECG shows persistent or transient ST-segment depression or T-wave inversion,...

Tombstoning ST elevation myocardial infarction can be described as a STEMI characterized by tombstoning ST-segment elevation. This myocardial infarction is associated with extensive myocardial damage, reduced left ventricle function, serious hospital complications and poor prognosis. Tombstoning ECG pattern is a notion beyond morphological difference and is associated with more serious clinical...

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEI) are commonly used to prevent cardiac remodeling in patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI).

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is usually characterized by transient left ventricular apical ballooning. Due to the clinical symptoms which include chest pain, electrocardiographic changes, and elevated myocardial markers, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is frequently mimicking ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the absence of a significant coronary artery disease. Otherwise an acute occlusion of t...

Comparison of the Success Rate Treatment with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention PCI versus Thrombolytic in Patients ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Local Hospitals Iran

BACKGROUND Lead V(1) directly faces the right ventricle and may exhibit ST elevation during an acute inferior myocardial infarction when the right ventricle is also involved. Leads V(1) and V(3) indirectly face the posterolateral left ventricle, and ST depression ("mirror-image" ST elevation) in V(1) through V(3) may reflect concomitant posterolateral infarction. The prognostic significance of ...

background: the role of temperature changes, as an environmental risk factor, in the human health status has been investigated in recent studies. accordingly, the present two-year study was conducted to evaluate the incidence of myocardial infarction (mi) in warm and cold seasons in ali-ibn abi talib hospital, rafsanjan, iran. materials and methods: in this descriptive and cross-sectional study...