An uncommon cause of myocardial infarction.
Heart Lung Circ
; 20(3): 202-4, 2011 Mar.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21513090
ABSTRACT
A 73 year-old lady with hypertension and chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) developed chest pain followed by ventricular fibrillation (VF) cardiac arrest. Her electrocardiogram post-cardioversion revealed inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (MI). Her coronary arteries were angiographically normal. Contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance(CE-CMR) demonstrated both an inferior subendocardial infarction and left atrial (LA) appendage thrombus suggesting cardioembolism as the most likely cause of her presentation.
Buscar no Google
Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fibrilação Atrial
/
Fibrilação Ventricular
/
Hipertensão
/
Infarto do Miocárdio
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
/
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Aged
/
Female
/
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Heart Lung Circ
Assunto da revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
/
CARDIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Nova Zelândia