Open AccessMasking Inferior Infarction by Anterior Myocardial Injury
Author(s) -
Changchun Deng,
Bodh Das
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.105.608216
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , chest pain , cardiology , emergency department , interventional cardiology , surgery , psychiatry
A 64-year-old female with a history of myocardial infarction (MI) after angioplasty presented with jaundice, abdominal distention, and 6-week weight loss. The initial work-up revealed an old inferior Q-wave MI on the admission ECG (Figure 1) and evidence of a malignant obstruction at the common bile duct. On day 7, while waiting for surgery, the patient developed chest pain and …
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