ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC PATTERN OF MASSIVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITHOUT PATHOLOGIC CONFIRMATION

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC PATTERN OF MASSIVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITHOUT PATHOLOGIC CONFIRMATION

A case of a 67-year-old patient with an electrocardiographic pattern of a massive myocardial infarction but with a normal heart at autopsy is described. The cause of death was purulent pneumonia complicated by peripheral vascular collapse. The findings in our case simply reconfirm the well-establish...

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Veröffentlicht in:Circulation (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1964-10, Vol.30 (4), p.539-541
Hauptverfasser: MAMLIN, J J, WEBER, E L, FISCH, C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cardiovascular Diseases
Diagnosis, Differential
Electrocardiography
Geriatrics
Myocardial Infarction
Old Medline
Pathology
Pneumonia
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Zusammenfassung:A case of a 67-year-old patient with an electrocardiographic pattern of a massive myocardial infarction but with a normal heart at autopsy is described. The cause of death was purulent pneumonia complicated by peripheral vascular collapse. The findings in our case simply reconfirm the well-established principle that the surface electrocardiogram mirrors the electrical phenomena of the heart, which may or may not parallel histologic changes.
ISSN:0009-7322
1524-4539
DOI:10.1161/01.CIR.30.4.539