Lolay Georges A, Burchett Andrew, Ziada Khaled M
University of Kentucky Medical Center, Gill Heart Institute, Lexington, Kentucky.
University of Kentucky Medical Center, Gill Heart Institute, Lexington, Kentucky.
Am J Cardiol. 2016 Nov 15;118(10):1603-1604. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.08.032. Epub 2016 Aug 22.
Although acute myocardial infarction is the most clinically significant cause of ST-segment elevation, other serious clinical conditions have been reported with this electrocardiographic abnormality. We report a patient with pneumomediastinum who presented with dyspnea and electrocardiographic changes mimicking ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography demonstrated no evidence of myocardial injury and the electrocardiographic abnormality promptly resolved with the resolution of the pneumomediastinum.