For patients with either NSTEMI or STEMI, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines recommend that intravenous unfractionated heparin (UFH) be dosed by weight ...

The ECG findings of a posterior wall myocardial infarction are different than the typical ST segment elevation seen in other myocardial infarctions. A posterior wall MI occurs when posterior ...

Identifying an acute myocardial infarction on the 12-lead ECG is the most important thing you can learn in ECG interpretation. Time is muscle when treating heart attacks. Missing a ST segment ...

UA and NSTEMI can be indistinguishable, but differentiation can be made over time between patients with UA (i.e., no biomarkers in circulation; usually transient, if any, ECG changes of ischemia ...

A 12-lead ECG with posterior leads V7–9 was diagnostic ... The patient suffered posterolateral myocardial infarction. Between 15 and 20% of myocardial infarctions manifest as posterior infarction.

A doctor would typically diagnose arrhythmia or ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) on an ECG, with presumptions for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and electrolyte imbalance.