Infarction or Pseudo-infarction?

J Insur Med. 2017;47(1):50-54. doi: 10.17849/insm-47-01-50-54.1.

Abstract

An applicant with a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation is found to have QS waves in leads III and AVF suggestive of a prior inferior wall myocardial infarction. Using the relationship between Q wave and T wave vectors in the inferior leads, an alternative explanation is explored.

MeSH terms

  • Electrocardiography*
  • Humans
  • Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction
  • Myocardial Infarction* / diagnosis