The ECG criteria to diagnose a posterior MI — treated like a STEMI, even though no real ST segment elevation is apparent — include: ST segment depression (not elevation) in V1 to V4. Think of ...

The ECG findings of an old anterior wall MI include the loss of anterior forces, leaving Q waves in leads V1 and V2. This is a cause of poor R wave progression , or PRWP. Here is an example of an ...

The diagnosis is NSR, isorhythmic dissociation, acute ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) of the lateral wall, and poor R-wave progression across the precordium (clockwise rotation). The rhythm is ...

The circumflex coronary artery can supply the lateral and the inferior walls. ... There is also usually little warning when a patient is having an MI. Wellens syndrome, discernible on an ECG, ...

Of 1684 patients with acute MI presenting to the ED at five centers in California and Colorado, all members of health-maintenance organizations, about 12% had a high-risk ECG abnormality such as T ...

(HealthDay)—Use of an automated electrocardiogram (ECG) to diagnose acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) activates the protocol for referral to the cardiac catheterization ...