Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy Masquerading as Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Small Bowel Obstruction Masquerading as Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

ST segment elevation on EKG remains among the most important presentations of acute myocardial infarction. Due to the urgency of intervention for this finding, other clinical scenarios causing ST elevations on EKG may sometimes go unaddressed and can lead to fatal complications. We present a case of an 86-year-old male presenting with small bowel obstruction leading to EKG findings of ST segmen...

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...

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

Severe Hyperthyroidism Presenting with Acute ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Introduction. Acute myocardial infarction is life-threatening. A cardiac troponin rise accompanied by typical symptoms, ST elevation or depression is diagnostic of acute myocardial infarction. Here, we report an unusual case of a female who was admitted with chest pain. However, she did not present with a typical profile of an acute myocardial infarction patient. Case Presentation. A 66-year-ol...

Cardiac compression causing fatal acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

A 71-year-old woman presented 2 weeks after thoracic endovascular repair of a mycotic descending aortic aneurysm. One week after discharge she presented with chest pain and transient lateral STsegment elevation on electrocardiogram (Figure 1a). Urgent computerized tomography (CT) scanning (Figure 1B) demonstrated no evidence of endovascular leak or aortic dissection. Her symptoms recurred with ...