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Posterior acute myocardial infarction (STEMI)

…NSTEMI) since they present with ST segment depressions on the 12 lead ECG (recall that ST segment depression is the hallmark of NSTE ACS/NSTEMI…

ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) without ST elevations on 12-lead ECG

…occur simultaneously (if both territories are affected by the same artery occlusion). Approximately 30% of patients with posterolateral infarction will also have right ventricular infarction…

NSTEMI (Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction) & Unstable Angina: Diagnosis, Criteria, ECG, Management

…patients with acute coronary syndromes is permeated by the mantra time is myocardium, which refers to the progressive loss of myocytes following the occlusion of…

ST segment depression in myocardial ischemia and differential diagnoses

…of upsloping ST segment depressions with prominent T waves in the majority of the chest leads may indicate an acute occlusion in the LAD (left…

ECG manifestations of left main coronary artery (LMCA) occlusion and critical stenosis

…left coronary cusp (LCC), and noncoronary cusp (NCC), showing the same branches as in panel A for cross modality comparison. Clinical features Occlusion of the…

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome, stress induced cardiomyopathy)

…coronary artery occlusion can be identified. Injection of contrast media into the ventricle will instead reveal that the apical portion of the left ventricle is…

Atrial fibrillation: ECG, classification, causes, risk factors & management

…formation of thrombi in the left atrial appendage . Such thrombi may leave the appendage and enter the systemic circulation which causes thromboembolic occlusions of arteries…

Left bundle branch block (LBBB) in acute myocardial infarction: the Sgarbossa criteria

…substantial number of these patients had complete coronary artery occlusions, and outcomes improved when they were treated as acute STEMI cases. Management of left bundle…

🟠 SYNTAX Score

…left main coronary artery disease . It integrates multiple variables, including the number of lesions, their location, and specific characteristics such as bifurcations, chronic total occlusions…

ECG localization of myocardial infarction / ischemia and coronary artery occlusion (culprit)

…artery occlusion is located. The term culprit – which means "the guilty one" – is used to denote the occluded coronary artery. In the majority of cases…

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