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ECG Diagnosis: Isolated Posterior Wall Myocardial Infarction

Author(s) -

Joel T. Levis

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the permanente journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1552-5775

pISSN - 1552-5767

DOI - 10.7812/tpp/14-244

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , ventricle , stenosis , anterior wall , occlusion , incidence (geometry) , electrocardiography , optics , physics

Acute posterior wall myocardial infarction (PMI) occurs in up to 20% of cases of acute myocardial infarction (MI), with the vast majority occurring along with inferior or lateral acute MI. 1 A true PMI is considered more rare, with an incidence of approximately 3.3%. 2 The term PMI is used for necro sis of the part of the left ventricle located beneath the atrioventricular sulcus. 3 The majority of patients with the typical electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities of PMI have a stenosis or occlusion

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