Acute Pancreatitis Mimicking ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

acute pancreatitis mimicking the electromechanical manifestations of st-segment elevation myocardial infarction

1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology; 2Division of Pathology; University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Correspondence: Dr Shahar Lavi, Division of Cardiology, The University of Western Ontario, 339 Winderemere Road, PO Box 5339, London, Ontario N6A 5A5. Telephone 519-663-3611, fax 519-663-3117, e-mail [email protected] The mechanism for electrocardiographic (ECG) ...

ST-Segment Elevation in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Four hundred and four patients who were admitted to the hospital with their first myocardial infarction within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms were studied. In 315 patients the ECG findings in 12 standards leads (I, II, aVF, aVR, aVL, V,-V6) showed the infarction to be in the anterior wall, the inferior wall, or in multiple areas. The patients in each of these three categories were further su...

Electrocardiographic patterns mimicking ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.

The 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) remains the cornerstone of prompt diagnosis of STEMI; Furthermore, the 12-lead ECG provides the primary indication for emergent reperfuison therapy in the STEMI patient. In certain cases, a patient's ECG can resemble STEMI yet manifest ST-segment elevation from a non-coronary-based syndrome; these entities are termed the STEMI mimics and include benign early ...

Myocardial Hemorrhage After Acute Reperfused ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Small Bowel Obstruction Mimicking Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

We present a case of a 42-year-old female who presented to our institution with a small bowel obstruction and had emergent surgical decompression. Thirteen days postoperatively, the patient became tachycardic and had worsening epigastric pain. Electrocardiogram showed significant ST-segment elevations in leads II, III, aVF, and V3-V6, suggesting the possibility of acute inferolateral myocardial...