The Second Affiliated Hospital (Quzhou Campus), School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Quzhou, China.
Department of Cardiology, The Second People's Hospital of Quzhou, Quzhou, China.
ESC Heart Fail. 2024 Jun;11(3):1777-1784. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.14703. Epub 2024 Feb 6.
Management of patients with acute chest pain poses a significant challenge in identifying those requiring urgent coronary reperfusion. Electrocardiogram (ECG) constitutes the cornerstone in making prompt clinical decisions by identifying ST-segment elevation, commonly associated with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. It is important to note that ST-segment elevation can also be a manifestation of various cardiac and non-cardiac conditions, from acute myocarditis, early repolarization syndrome, acute pericarditis, and left bundle branch block to unknown origins. The similarity of ECG changes among these conditions complicates clinical differential diagnosis, necessitating a detailed medical history and thorough examinations. Here, we presented a case of a 52-year-old female with chest pain and unidentified convex ST-segment elevation. Considering the negative emergent coronary angiography results, normal echocardiography, and long-lasting ST-segment elevation for the following 1 year, the final diagnosis was non-myocardial infarction, probably related to a prior cerebral haemorrhage.
管理急性胸痛患者对于确定需要紧急冠状动脉再灌注的患者具有重大挑战。心电图(ECG)通过识别与 ST 段抬高型心肌梗死相关的 ST 段抬高,构成了快速临床决策的基石。需要注意的是,ST 段抬高也可能是各种心脏和非心脏疾病的表现,从急性心肌炎、早期复极综合征、急性心包炎和左束支传导阻滞到来源不明。这些情况下 ECG 变化的相似性使得临床鉴别诊断复杂化,需要详细的病史和彻底的检查。在这里,我们介绍了一位 52 岁女性胸痛和未明确凸面 ST 段抬高的病例。考虑到紧急冠状动脉造影结果阴性、超声心动图正常以及接下来 1 年 ST 段持续抬高,最终诊断为非心肌梗死,可能与之前的脑出血有关。