Integrating the reverse Aslanger pattern with Littmann’s continuity, the patient was diagnosed with a high lateral, high-risk, occlusive myocardial infarction. The patient immediately received dual ...
If the finding on an ECG is “septal infarct, age undetermined,” it means that the patient possibly had a heart attack at an undetermined time in the past. Septal infarct is a patch of dead, dying, or ...
Normal sinus rhythm Inferior ST segment elevation myocardial infarction Posterior myocardial infarction Left atrial enlargement A posterior wall MI frequently occurs along with an inferior wall MI due ...
In recent years, there has been an explosion in technology in terms of our ability to image both the heart and the brain with higher resolution to detect structure, ischemia, early infarct, ...
Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 79-year-old man in relatively good health. I don’t take any medications. I recently visited a cardiologist regarding some heart palpitations that I have been experiencing. After ...
Triage, Critical Clinical Workflow Process, Chest Pain, Electrocardiogram (EKG), Door-to-EKG (DTE) Time Share and Cite: ...
An anterior myocardial infarction results from occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. This can cause an ST elevation myocardial infarction or a non-ST segment elevation myocardial ...
A 74-year-old man with a history of a myocardial infarction has sudden palpitations and presyncope for which he calls emergency medical services. He is brought to the emergency department, where his ...