title: An uncommon cause of myocardial infarction.
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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, North Shore Hospital,Waitemata Health, Auckland, New Zealand. drgsrini@gmail.com
authors.forename: Govind
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.forename: Seif
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El-Jack
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Guy P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: Hamish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Christiansen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis