This case highlights that total occlusion of the LAD can rarely present as an isolated inferior STEMI on ECG.
Supports awareness of atypical LAD presentations in STEMI; hypothesis-generating without altering ECG localization protocols.
ST elevation myocardial infarction is a clinic situation usually presents with total occlusion in the coronary artery. The electrocardiography (ECG) at the presentation helps us to diagnose, to guess the occluded coronary artery and to assess the treatment. However, sometimes the ECG could not be enough to guess the occluded coronary artery. Left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery occlusion resulting in inferior ST-segment elevation without anterior ST-segment elevation is an extremely rare finding. In this study, we presented a case who admitted to the emergency department with a typically chest pain and inferior ST-segment elevation without anterior ST-segment elevation ECG pattern but a total occlusion in LAD in the coronary angiography.
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