Acute myocardial infarction with left bundle-branch block: disproportional anterior ST elevation due to right ventricular myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle-branch block

Stephen W Smith; William Heegaard; Fouad A Bachour; William J Brady

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2007.05.032

Acute myocardial infarction with left bundle-branch block: disproportional anterior ST elevation due to right ventricular myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle-branch block

Am J Emerg Med. 2008 Mar;26(3):342-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.05.032.

Authors

Stephen W Smith¹, William Heegaard, Fouad A Bachour, William J Brady

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA. smith253@umn.edu

PMID: 18358947
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.05.032

Abstract

A case of inferior and right ventricular acute myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle-branch block is presented. The electrocardiogram manifests disproportional, discordant ST elevation in leads II, III, and aVF and in leads V(1) through V(4).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bundle-Branch Block / complications*
Bundle-Branch Block / physiopathology
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / complications*
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology