An anterior wall myocardial infarction occurs when anterior myocardial ... must be 2 mm in men or 1.5 mm in women. See the full 12-lead ECG example below and a few more at the bottom.

A 12-lead ECG is obtained. Figure 1. Courtesy of Philip J. Podrid, MD. The correct diagnosis is sinus rhythm and acute transmural myocardial infarction (Figure 2). Figure 2. Courtesy of Philip J.

The ECG findings of a posterior wall myocardial infarction are different than the ... in the septal and anterior precordial leads (V1-V4). This occurs because these ECG leads will see the MI ...

ST-elevated myocardial infarction more accurately than a clinician in an emergency department, which might upend standard practice.