Atrial Flutter Mimicking Acute Myocardial Infarction

Authors

  • Antonis S Manolis Athens University School of Medicine, Athens
  • Iosif Koutagiar Athens University School of Medicine, Athens

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v10i4.740

Keywords:

atrial flutter, myocardial infarction, ST segment elevation, STEMI mimic

Abstract

A 37-year old male came to the emergency room complaining of atypical chest pain of a few hours duration. Initial ECG displayed atrial flutter with 3:1 atrioventricular (AV) conduction with mostly pronounced inferior-wall but also diffuse ST-T changes suspect of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) (Figure, panel A) with already established inferior Q waves. However, due to non-convincing clinical history, further investigation was undertaken, which showed a normal bedside echocardiogram, while determination of cardiac enzymes confirmed normal values which remained normal at subsequent measurements... (excerpt)

Author Biography

Antonis S Manolis, Athens University School of Medicine, Athens

Specialty: Cardiology

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Published

2015-10-08

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4 (2015)

Section

Images in Medicine

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