Wenckebach block in the distal conduction system complicating a non-Q wave acute myocardial infarction.
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A 75-year-old woman was admitted for severe retrosternal chest pain. Her past medical history revealed mild diabetes mellitus and bifasciscular block (left anterior hemiblock [LAHI and incomplete right bundle-branch block [RBBB]). The electrocardiogram was compatible with a subendocardial (non-Q wave) inferior and anterolateral AMI. This was characterized by new ST-segment depression and T-wave inversion in the inferior and anterolateral leads
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chest
دوره 92 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987