BACKGROUND Mitral regurgitation (MR) generally accompanies inferobasal myocardial infarction (MI), with leaflet tethering by displaced papillary muscles. Mitral regurgitation is also reported with anteroapical MI without global dilatation or inferior wall motion abnormalities. We hypothesized that anteroapical MI extending to the inferior apex displaces the papillary muscles, tethering the mitr...

INTRODUCTION The angiographic findings and prognosis of patients with complete atrioventricular block (AVB) complicating acute inferior myocardial infarction (MI) remain unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS The clinical and angiographic findings of 70 consecutive patients with complete AVB were compared with those of 319 patients with inferior MI without AVB (control group) admitted within the same...

AIM To study the incidence of arrhythmias in the first week of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) with respect to type of arrhythmia, age distribution, sex and location of infarctin a patient population from western India and to evaluate its prognostic value and assessment of effect of pharmacotherapy. STUDY DESIGN A prospective clinical study consisting of 100 patients was undertaken to inves...

To cite: Patra S, Dhadake SM, Agrawal N, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013200270 DESCRIPTION Left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm is a rare but potentially lethal late mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI). We present a case of 50-year-old man who presented with acute inferior wall MI. He was treated with thrombolyti...

BACKGROUND Panoramic radiographs are increasingly considered as a screening tool in the search for osteopaenia and osteoporosis. No information on normal ranges of radiographic parameters of the inferior cortex (IC) in Polish population has been found in literature; therefore, the objective of the study was to determine normal ranges of mandibular inferior cortex width on panoramic radiographs ...

ST-segment elevation by electrocardiography remains the hallmark for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (MI), it helps in decision making and allows for early treatment to these patients. Here is a report of an unusual case of acute MI with ST-segment elevation in posterior ECG leads, in a patient with chest pain and ST segment depression anteriorly in the conventional 12-lead ECG, wh...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection SCAD is a rare condition which may result in sudden coronary occlusion, acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death. The prognosis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection is uncertain and optimal treatment is unknown. We describe a case of SCAD in a 29-year-old male with acute inferior wall myocardial infarction MI and post-MI angina that was tr...

Acute myocardial infarction (MI) during pregnancy is rare and MI due to Prinzmetal's angina is much rarer. We present a 35-year-old, obese, multigravida, and pre-eclamptic woman, who developed acute anterior wall MI at the 30th week of gestation. On coronary angiography, the second obtuse marginal branch was totally occluded and the right coronary artery (RCA) was normal. Three days later, she ...

Myocardial infarction (MI) secondary to coronary artery fistula and the subsequent occlusion of the distal right coronary artery (RCA) after blunt chest trauma is a rare entity. Here, we describe a case of coronary artery fistula and occlusion with an inferior MI that occurred following blunt chest trauma. At the initial visit to the emergency room after a car accident, this patient had been un...