Reperfusion therapy improves infarct zone wall motion in inferior as well as anterior wall MI

Isolated inferior wall ST segment depression as an early sign of acute anterior wall myocardial infarction.

BACKGROUND Reciprocal changes may accompany ST segment elevation in the ischemic territory during acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We examined the hypothesis that isolated inferior ST segment depression on admission is an early sign of anterior wall infarction. METHODS 49 patients admitted to the coronary care unit between January 1996 and June 2008 who presented with inferior ST segment de...

Preconditioning causes improved wall motion as well as smaller infarcts after transient coronary occlusion in rabbits.

BACKGROUND A brief coronary occlusion before a more prolonged occlusion results in less myocardial infarction than the longer occlusion alone. However, the effects of this preconditioning on recovery of systolic function after coronary occlusion have not been determined. METHODS AND RESULTS Ultrasonic crystals implanted in rabbit myocardium measured segment length in the distribution of a bra...

Primary Hydatid Disease of the Chest Wall Presenting as a Chest Wall Tumor

Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease that is endemic in Mediterranean areas, South America, North Africa, Australia, and Iran. Although the liver and lung are the most common involved organs, but the other organs in human body also can be involved by hydatid cyst. Chest wall involvement by hydatid cyst is a rare condition, which may be misdiagnosed as chest wall tumor in the endemic areas. Herei...

Coexisting left anterior hemiblock and inferior wall infarction.

it would be useful to have a sensitive technique for the detection of this group of patients. The problem in the coronary care unit, however, is the separation of patients with unstable angina from those with frank infarction and with a higher risk of more immediate. life-threatening complications. It is evident from the study of Abdulla et a1 that scintigraphy for detection of acute myocar-dia...

Gall Bladder Cancer Masquerading as Anterior Abdomen Wall Abscess