title: Repeat the Electrocardiogram!
abstract: A 71-year-old diabetic woman with intermittent chest pain and left bundle branch block was admitted to the hospital for further assessment. A repeat electrocardiogram showed new anterior T-wave inversions concordant with the QRS complexes. Thus, she had myocardial ischemia, and coronary arteriography revealed left main and triple vessel coronary disease. She went for urgent coronary artery bypass operation.
authors.affiliation: Heartland Cardiovascular Center, Joliet, Illinois.
authors.forename: Mazen M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kawji
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. Electronic address: dglanc@lsuhsc.edu.
authors.forename: David Luke
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Glancy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*