An inferior wall MI — also known as IWMI, or inferior MI, or inferior ST segment elevation MI, or inferior STEMI — occurs when inferior myocardial tissue supplied by the right coronary artery, or RCA, is injured due to thrombosis of that vessel.Is...
ST elevation myocardial infarction". The ambulance attendant tells him that he is having a large heart attack which is potentially life-threatening and is being caused by an acute blockage of a major coronary artery by a blood clot that had formed on top of an unstable blockage of cholesterol...
EKG showing ST segment elevation in multiple limb leads (except aVr) and V2–V6 with PR depression in leads 1, 2, aVfand V2-V6.Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine is coordinated by Stephen R. Hayden, MD, of the University of California SanDiego Medical Center, San Diego, California...
bypassing the Emergency Department (ED) for urgent coronary angiography, due to severe, prolonged chest pain irradiating to the left arm and associated with the presence of ST-elevation over inferior and lateral leads, in addition to the known LBBB at pre-hospital electrocardiogram (EKG) (Figure ...