title: T-wave inversion after a severe head injury without ischemic heart disease.
abstract: Electrocardiographic changes mimicking an acute coronary event with T-wave inversion have been reported in the resting electrocardiogram in patients without ischemic heart disease but with acute ischemic stroke, or subarachnoid hemorrhage, or intracerebral hemorrhage, or a severe head injury. We present a case of T-wave inversion in a 73-year-old Italian woman admitted to the Emergency Department following a severe head injury. Pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and acute coronary event were excluded. Ischemic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and intracerebral hemorrhage were also excluded. Also this case focuses attention on T-wave inversion after a severe head injury without ischemic heart disease.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: La Rocca
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Materia
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pasquini
authors.forename: Felice Carmelo
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: La Rosa
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marte
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patanè
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices