Disappearance of pathologic anteroseptal Q waves after reperfusion with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a 61 year old female: A case report

Omar Abdel-Razek; Brendan P Parfrey; Sean P Connors

doi:10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2017.06.002

Disappearance of pathologic anteroseptal Q waves after reperfusion with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a 61 year old female: A case report

J Electrocardiol. 2017 Nov-Dec;50(6):949-951. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2017.06.002. Epub 2017 Jun 8.

Authors

Omar Abdel-Razek¹, Brendan P Parfrey², Sean P Connors²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Memorial University, Health Sciences Center, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John's, NL, A1B3V6, Canada. Electronic address: oabdelrazek@mun.ca.
² Discipline of Cardiology, Memorial University, Health Sciences Center, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John's, NL, A1B3V6, Canada.

PMID: 28751014
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2017.06.002

Abstract

We report a case of a 61 year old female with disappearance of anteroseptal Q waves following an anterior STEMI. At presentation a 12 lead ECG revealed frank anteroseptal Q waves and T wave inversion (V1-V3). The patient underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug eluting stenting to a critically stenosed left anterior descending artery. At a five month follow-up visit a 12 lead ECG demonstrated the complete resolution of anteroseptal Q waves and normal R wave progression was seen in the precordial leads. Here we discuss this observation with a review of the literature regarding Q wave resolution.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Drug-Eluting Stents
Electrocardiography
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Myocardial Reperfusion / methods*
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention*
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology*
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / surgery*