Left anterior fascicular block and masking of inferior wall infarction

Am J Med. 1987 Mar;82(3):563-5. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(87)90464-5.

Abstract

A case of inferior wall myocardial infarction that was obscured by left anterior hemiblock is presented. This report illustrates that changes in the sequence of electrical activation of the left ventricle resulting from this conduction disturbance may lead to a missed electrocardiographic diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Block / diagnosis*
  • Heart Block / physiopathology
  • Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
  • Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology