37 yr old normotensive, euglycemic female patient was referred for acute inferior wall MI with recurrent angina status post treatment with streptokinase. Her physical examination at the time of ...

A left ventricular aneurysm can form after a transmural myocardial infarction and involves dilation of the left ventricular wall in an abnormal fashion. Most commonly, the apex of the heart is ...

This is a classic example of AV nodal blocks that can occur with inferior wall myocardial infarctions. There are two mechanisms behind this phenomenon. An inferior wall MI results in vagal stimulation ...

One night, Lindsay Shanks sat up from bed and felt a sharp pain. “It felt like someone stabbed me right between my shoulder blades,” said Shanks, who was 37 at the time. “My hands started tingling, ...