Abolition of electrocardiographic pattern of left ventricular aneurysm by posterior myocardial infarction.
We report a patient who presented with prominent gastrointestinal symptoms in whom a confident clinical diagnosis of acute posterior myocardial infarction was facilitated because the fresh electrocardiographic changes of true posterior myocardial infarction abolished the old pattern of left ventricular aneurysm. This interesting electrocardiographic phenomenon has not, to our knowledge, been previously reported.
Department of Cardiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
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D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*