This ECG was from a patient with a left ventricular aneurysm. A left ventricular aneurysm (LV aneurysm) can be diagnosed on ECG when there is persistent ST segment elevation occurring 6 weeks after a ...

Evidence of a previous silent or unrecognized myocardial infarction (UMI) is concerningly common and independently associated with poor prognosis in patients presenting with a clinical MI, data from ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 79-year-old man in relatively good health. I don’t take any medications. I recently visited a cardiologist regarding some heart palpitations that I have been experiencing. After ...

More than 8% of patients presenting to hospital with what seems to be a first acute MI have actually had a previous unrecognized infarction, according to new data from a two-center observational study ...

A 74-year-old man with a history of a myocardial infarction has sudden palpitations and presyncope for which he calls emergency medical services. He is brought to the emergency department, where his ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 79-year-old man in relatively good health. I don’t take any medications. I recently visited a cardiologist regarding some heart palpitations that I have been experiencing. After ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 79-year-old man in relatively good health. I don’t take any medications. I recently visited a cardiologist regarding some heart palpitations that I have been experiencing. After ...