| Literature DB >> 11599821 |
Abstract
Both inflammation and infarction may produce a similar clinical picture, including ST-segment elevation on the electrocardiogram. Typically, inflammation affects the whole myocardium, resulting in characteristic electrocardiographic changes in all epicardial leads. We describe a case of poststernotomy mediastinitis which produced electrocardiographic changes mimicking an acute inferior myocardial infarction.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 11599821 DOI： 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2000.tb00462.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Card Surg ISSN： 0886-0440 Impact factor: 1.620