Peeling off the Mask: Pseudo Myocardial Infarction Pattern on Electrocardiogram During AICD Implantation

Sudeep Kumar, MD, DM, FACC, FSCAI; Aditya Kapoor, DM, FACC; Nagaraja Moorthy, DM; Yash Lokhandwala, DM, FACC

doi:10.1016/s0972-6292(16)30847-6

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal (Jan 2015)

Peeling off the Mask: Pseudo Myocardial Infarction Pattern on Electrocardiogram During AICD Implantation

Sudeep Kumar, MD, DM, FACC, FSCAI,
Aditya Kapoor, DM, FACC,
Nagaraja Moorthy, DM,
Yash Lokhandwala, DM, FACC

Affiliations

Sudeep Kumar, MD, DM, FACC, FSCAI: Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Aditya Kapoor, DM, FACC: Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Nagaraja Moorthy, DM: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore
Yash Lokhandwala, DM, FACC: Arrhythmia Associates, Mumbai, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0972-6292(16)30847-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 76 – 78

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Lead induced transient right bundle branch block is not uncommon during pacemaker implantation. We describe a patient with old anterior wall myocardial infarction with severe left ventricular dysfunction presenting with recurrent ventricular tachycardia who developed transient right bundle branch block and pseudomyocardial infacrction pattern during AICD implantation.

Published in Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal

ISSN: 0972-6292 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/indian-pacing-and-electrophysiology-journal

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