title: Case study: analysis of an acute anterior-lateral myocardial infarction in a 16-year-old patient with familial hypercholesterolemia.
abstract: This article presents a case study of a 16-year-old male patient with a significant family history for hypercholesterolemia and coronary artery disease, who suffered an anterior lateral myocardial infarction. On admission, his electrocardiograms revealed the classic pattern of an anterior lateral acute myocardial infarction plus a left anterior hemiblock. His cholesterol level was 750 mg/dL, and his low-density lipoprotein was 650 mg/dL. He underwent a cardiac catheterization that revealed an occluded left anterior descending artery requiring a percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and three coronary stents. The 12-lead electrocardiograms on admission and before discharge are analyzed. This article discusses the electrocardiogram characteristics of anterior lateral wall myocardial infarction coupled with a left anterior hemiblock.
authors: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, USA.
authors: K M
authors: KM
authors: McCauley
authors: L C
authors: LC
authors: Schanne
authors: R L
authors: RL
authors: Wilensky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*