…Pathophysiology ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is an acute coronary syndrome characterized clinically by acute myocardial ischaemic symptoms or equivalent presentations together with persistent…

…discomfort. It is commonly described as heavy, squeezing, or crushing, although stabbing or burning sensations may occur. Pain usually involves the central chest or epigastrium…

…frequently described as heavy, squeezing, and crushing, though it may occasionally be reported as stabbing or burning. It resembles the discomfort of angina pectoris but…

…respiration? Ischemic chest pain is usually described as pressure, squeezing, or a crushing sensation across the precordium and may radiate to the neck, shoulder, jaw…

…described as a diffuse pain over the anterior chest wall. The pain may be experienced as a pressure, cramp or crushing sensation. The pain ma