Identifying an acute myocardial infarction ... Recall that the anterior leads are technically V3 and V4; however, it is common for the septum and/or lateral wall to be involved during anterior ...

There was also evidence of apical hypokinesis, which is a different distribution of wall motion abnormalities compared to the anterior hypokinesis seen immediately following his ST-segment elevation ...

Figure 7 shows a large anterior wall perfusion blackout defect comprising both viable ... Figure 10 shows Baylor polar maps of stress and rest studies for a patient with myocardial infarction ...

Background: Differences in border zone contribute to different outcomes post-infarction, such as left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) and myocardial infarction (MI ... functions than MI owing to reduced ...

Another hallmark of CTO is extensive neovascularization, which occurs throughout the extent of the vessel wall and increases with the age ... rate as a single vessel non-CTO PCI for acute myocardial ...

Classical symptoms of acute myocardial infarction include sudden chest pain (typically radiating to the left arm or left side of the neck), shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, palpitations ...

Background Mechanical stress on the heart is commonly considered the sole stimulus explaining the synthesis and release of circulating natriuretic peptides and their derivatives. While one of the most ...

To be eligible to enter the trial, patients had to have a first episode of anterior AMI, Killip class I to II, and an acceptable echocardiographic window. On ECG there had to be an ST elevation of ...

• Ultrasound guidance may lead to a higher first-attempt success rate and improved time to successful common femoral artery (CFA) access, while reducing the venipuncture rate (unintentionally ...

Four days before the current admission, cystoscopy revealed evidence of mild radiation cystitis, blood clots, and a new 1.5-cm tumor on the left lateral bladder wall. Results of an analysis of a ...