False diagnosis of myocardial infarction due to an extreme left sided cardiac rotation in two patients

Eur Heart J. 1995 Jul;16(7):1011-3. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a061012.

Abstract

We present two patients with an extremely rare condition: abnormal cardiac levoposition. Alterations in the ECG caused by this congenital abnormality and additional chest symptoms led to the false diagnosis of previous myocardial infarction. Chest X-ray and echocardiography suggested cardiac malformation. Correct diagnosis of cardiac levoposition was established by magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Hemodynamics / physiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
  • Myocardium / pathology