{"id":21728,"date":"2016-11-27T05:22:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T23:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=21728"},"modified":"2022-12-05T19:40:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T14:10:02","slug":"old-inferior-wall-infarction-and-lateral-st-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/old-inferior-wall-infarction-and-lateral-st-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Old inferior wall infarction and lateral ST depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MDS54YdMrLI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Old inferior wall infarction and lateral ST depression<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21730\" style=\"width: 993px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21730 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IWMI.jpg\" alt=\"Old inferior wall infarction and lateral ST depression\" width=\"993\" height=\"475\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Old inferior wall infarction and lateral ST depression<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ECG shows sinus rhythm at around 75\/min, with <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">pathological Q waves<\/span> <\/em>in inferior leads, indicating old inferior wall myocardial infarction. Pathological Q waves are usually 40 ms in width and have an amplitude more than 25% of the ensuing R wave. T waves are inverted along with pathological Q waves in leads III and aVF. R wave voltage is high in V5 and V6 indicating <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">left ventricular hypertrophy<\/span><\/em> (LVH). The presence of mild ST segment depression in lateral leads may indicate fresh ischemia. If the ST segment depression was due to LVH, it would have been downsloping, associated with T wave inversion (LVH strain pattern). Here it is almost horizontal ST segment depression, which is usually with acute ischemia. Tall T waves in V4-V6 can occur due to any of the following: ischemia, hyperkalemia or <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">left ventricular volume overload<\/span><\/em> (diastolic overload). But tall T waves in V2 and V3 in which the predominant QRS is negative, is unlikely to be due to left ventricular volume overload, in which it is usual in leads with tall R waves. In this case it is more likely to be a manifestation of ischemia as indicated by the associated plane ST segment depression. In left ventricular volume overload, the ST segment usually shows mild concave upwards ST segment elevation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old inferior wall infarction and lateral ST depression ECG shows sinus rhythm at around 75\/min, with pathological Q waves in inferior leads, indicating old inferior wall myocardial infarction. Pathological Q waves are usually 40 ms in width and have an amplitude more than 25% of the ensuing R wave. 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