[Coronary angiographic findings in the myocardial infarction involving the dorsal wall of the heart (author's transl)].
The Authors report the results of a coronary angiographic study in 12 patients with acute myocardial infarction in which the necrosis was extended to the dorsal wall of the heart. The electrocardiographic and vectorcardiographic criteria applied in order to assess the involvement of the dorsal wall have been those suggested by Perloff and by Hoffman and coll. and Massie and Walsh, respectively. The diagnosis of dorsal involvement has been also confirmed by the esophageal electrocardiogram. Discussing their results, the Authors consider the variants of blood supply of the posterior wall of the heart. On the basis of their angiographic findings, they underline that significant lesions of the circumflex artery, either alone or associated with narrowing of other main coronary arteries, are the most frequent finding in cases of myocardial infarction involving the dorsal wall of the heart.
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Rilievi coronarografici nell'infarto miocardico con estensione alla parete dorsale del cuore