Brugada-like early repolarization pattern misdiagnosed as acute anterior myocardial infarction in a patient with myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending artery

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 627-630

  Ozeke, Ozcan ^a   Aras, Dursun ^a   Deveci, Bulent ^a   Yildiz, Ali ^a   Maden, Orhan ^a   Selcuk, M Timur ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brugada like electrocardiogram; Early repolarization; Myocardial bridging

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATINE KINASE MB; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744806868     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 00272507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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