background: increased estimated body iron stores have been recently suggested to be associated with increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (ami); however the question of whether serum ferritin level as an indicator for estimating body iron is an independent risk factor for cardiac events is still questioned. in the present study, we assessed whether serum ferritin was associated with the...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is the umbrella term for the clinical signs and symptoms of myocardial ischemia: unstable angina, non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. This article further defines ACS and the conditions it includes; reviews its risk factors; describes its pathophysiology and associated signs and symptoms; discusses variati...

We report the case of a 33-years-old woman, smoker and taking oral contraceptives, who presented to the emergency room with an anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Thrombolytic treatment was initiated and a few minutes after, chest pain returned and an inferior ST-segment-elevation infarction was diagnosed at that moment. Catheterization revealed multiple embolic occlusion of coronary b...

The authors present the methods of ECG signal simulation especially ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction known as STEMI. It occurs in the case of blood flow around and towards heart problem. It is strongly associated with a heart attack due to low level of oxygen transported to the heart muscle. The most common symptoms of this disease are chest pain, breath shortness or sweating. There are many ...

Left bundle branch block or ventricular paced rhythms can sometimes make acute myocardial ischaemia difficult to diagnose in the 12-lead ECG. Several algorithms for diagnosing ST segment elevation myocardial infarction have been described with different sensitivity and specificity. The 12-lead ECG may also serve as a valuable tool in evaluating and diagnosing pacemaker dysfunction. We present a...

© 2009 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research The term acute coronary syndrome (ACS) refers to any group of clinical symptoms compatible with acute myocardial ischemia and covers the spectrum of clinical conditions ranging from unstable angina (UA) to non– ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Unstable angina and N...

We have examined the relation between electrocardiographic ST elevation during treadmill exercise (greater than or equal to 1 mm, using the conventional 12 leads), the severity of coronary artery disease, and left ventricular wall motion abnormalities in 680 patients. They were divided into three groups: (1) 218 patients with clinically significant coronary artery disease, (2) 178 patients with...

We report an uncommon case of simultaneous cardio-cerebral infarction, due to Inferior – right ventricle ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) with acute ischemic stroke. Incidence cardio cerebral infarction is exceptionally rare, incidence rate as low 0.009%. Hemodynamic compromise in patients myocardial may result the blood flow reduction that cause hemodynamic Due rarity this co...

82 Myocardial infarction (MI) may be associated with abnormal Q waves associated with the typical progression of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and T wave inversions described in Chapter 8. In many cases, however, myocardial ischemia (with or without actual infarction) may be limited primarily to the subendocardium (inner layer) of the ventricle, often associated with ST seg...