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Posterior myocardial infarction

MedGen UID:
90949
•Concept ID:
C0340319
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: posterior myocardial infarction; true posterior myocardial infarction; true posterior wall infarction
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003672

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinical characteristics and reperfusion times among patients with an isolated posterior myocardial infarction.
Waldo SW, Armstrong EJ, Kulkarni A, Hoffmayer KS, Hsue P, Ganz P, McCabe JM
J Invasive Cardiol 2013 Aug;25(8):371-5. PMID: 23913600
Right ventricular dysfunction and exercise capacity after inferior (posterior) wall acute myocardial infarction.
Smarz K, Zaborska B, Jaxa-Chamiec T, Maciejewski P, Budaj A
Am J Cardiol 2012 Sep 15;110(6):784-9. Epub 2012 May 30 doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.05.007. PMID: 22651879
12-lead ECG interpretation 2: right ventricular and posterior infarcts.
Docherty B
Br J Nurs 2003 Dec 11-2004 Jan 7;12(22):1304-11. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2003.12.22.11893. PMID: 14688651
Electrocardiographic diagnosis of remote posterior wall myocardial infarction using unipolar posterior lead V9.
Rich MW, Imburgia M, King TR, Fischer KC, Kovach KL
Chest 1989 Sep;96(3):489-93. doi: 10.1378/chest.96.3.489. PMID: 2788559
Differentiation of posterior myocardial infarction from right ventricular hypertrophy and normal anterior loop by echocardiography.
Kramer NE, Chawla KK, Patel R, Khan M, Mayer T, Towne WD
Circulation 1978 Dec;58(6):1057-64. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.58.6.1057. PMID: 152167

Diagnosis

Posterior Myocardial Infarction-a Hidden ECG Emergency Presentation.
Macherey-Meyer S, Halbach M, Mauri V
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2023 Jun 9;120(23):404. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2023.0057. PMID: 37561007Free PMC Article
Acid Reflux or Posterior Myocardial Infarction: One ECG Away From a Missed Diagnosis.
Waddell H, Gjovig AJ, Davis WD
Adv Emerg Nurs J 2022 Jan-Mar 01;44(1):41-45. doi: 10.1097/TME.0000000000000393. PMID: 35089281
Right ventricular infarction.
Namana V, Gupta SS, Abbasi AA, Raheja H, Shani J, Hollander G
Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2018 Jan;19(1 Pt A):43-50. Epub 2017 Jul 14 doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2017.07.009. PMID: 28822687
Posterior myocardial infarction: are we failing to diagnose this?
Khan JN, Chauhan A, Mozdiak E, Khan JM, Varma C
Emerg Med J 2012 Jan;29(1):15-8. Epub 2010 Oct 20 doi: 10.1136/emj.2010.099861. PMID: 20961938
Posterior myocardial infarction.
Fisch C
J Indiana State Med Assoc 1965 Oct;58(10):1146-7. PMID: 5828284

Therapy

Predictors of mortality in patients with non-anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Analysis from the HORIZONS-AMI trial.
Huang X, Redfors B, Chen S, Gersh BJ, Mehran R, Zhang Y, McAndrew T, Ben-Yehuda O, Mintz GS, Stone GW
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2019 Aug 1;94(2):172-180. Epub 2019 Jan 28 doi: 10.1002/ccd.28096. PMID: 30690854
Chronic left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm after posterior myocardial infarction.
Hirt LS
BMJ Case Rep 2012 Jul 19;2012 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006533. PMID: 22814987Free PMC Article
Myocardial stunning after streptokinase: what is the significance of the Q wave?
Keeble W, Martin W, Hutton I
Heart 2000 Jun;83(6):E11. doi: 10.1136/heart.83.6.e11. PMID: 10814645Free PMC Article
Minimizing the risk of inappropriately administering thrombolytic therapy (Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction [TAMI] study group).
Chapman GD, Ohman EM, Topol EJ, Candela RJ, Kereiakes DJ, Samaha J, Berrios E, Pieper KS, Young SY, Califf RM
Am J Cardiol 1993 Apr 1;71(10):783-7. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90824-v. PMID: 8456754
Myocardial infarct imaging with technetium-99m phosphates.
Parkey RW, Bonte FJ, Buja LM, Stokely EM, Willerson JT
Semin Nucl Med 1977 Jan;7(1):15-28. doi: 10.1016/s0001-2998(77)80004-4. PMID: 189439

Prognosis

Right ventricular infarction.
Namana V, Gupta SS, Abbasi AA, Raheja H, Shani J, Hollander G
Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2018 Jan;19(1 Pt A):43-50. Epub 2017 Jul 14 doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2017.07.009. PMID: 28822687
Right ventricular dysfunction and exercise capacity after inferior (posterior) wall acute myocardial infarction.
Smarz K, Zaborska B, Jaxa-Chamiec T, Maciejewski P, Budaj A
Am J Cardiol 2012 Sep 15;110(6):784-9. Epub 2012 May 30 doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.05.007. PMID: 22651879
Early detection of acute posterior myocardial infarction using body surface mapping and SPECT scanning.
Neill J, Owens C, Harbinson M, Adgey J
Coron Artery Dis 2010 Nov;21(7):420-7. doi: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e32833db504. PMID: 20700053
Electrocardiographic diagnosis of remote posterior wall myocardial infarction using unipolar posterior lead V9.
Rich MW, Imburgia M, King TR, Fischer KC, Kovach KL
Chest 1989 Sep;96(3):489-93. doi: 10.1378/chest.96.3.489. PMID: 2788559
Left ventricular asynergy in electrocardiographic "posterior" myocardial infarction.
Bough EW, Boden WE, Korr KS, Gandsman EJ
J Am Coll Cardiol 1984 Aug;4(2):209-15. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(84)80204-1. PMID: 6736462

Clinical prediction guides

Right ventricular infarction.
Namana V, Gupta SS, Abbasi AA, Raheja H, Shani J, Hollander G
Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2018 Jan;19(1 Pt A):43-50. Epub 2017 Jul 14 doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2017.07.009. PMID: 28822687
Late Silent Stent Abscess.
Zateyshchikov D, Fattakhova E, Demchinsky V, Baklanova T, Serebruany V
Cardiology 2015;132(1):65-7. Epub 2015 Jun 6 doi: 10.1159/000398789. PMID: 26065827
Right ventricular dysfunction and exercise capacity after inferior (posterior) wall acute myocardial infarction.
Smarz K, Zaborska B, Jaxa-Chamiec T, Maciejewski P, Budaj A
Am J Cardiol 2012 Sep 15;110(6):784-9. Epub 2012 May 30 doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.05.007. PMID: 22651879
Early detection of acute posterior myocardial infarction using body surface mapping and SPECT scanning.
Neill J, Owens C, Harbinson M, Adgey J
Coron Artery Dis 2010 Nov;21(7):420-7. doi: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e32833db504. PMID: 20700053
Electrocardiographic diagnosis of remote posterior wall myocardial infarction using unipolar posterior lead V9.
Rich MW, Imburgia M, King TR, Fischer KC, Kovach KL
Chest 1989 Sep;96(3):489-93. doi: 10.1378/chest.96.3.489. PMID: 2788559

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