Subarachnoid hemorrhage simulating myocardial infarction.

作者信息

de Marchena E, Pittaluga J M, Ferreira A C, Lowery M, Romanelli R, Morales A

机构信息

Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA.

出版信息

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1996 Feb;37(2):170-3. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199602)37:2<170::AID-CCD15>3.0.CO;2-O.

We describe a patient with a subarachnoid hemorrhage that presented with electrocardiographic evidence of transmural myocardial infarction. The patient was found to have normal coronaries and on autopsy revealed generalized myocytolysis with no evidence of transmural myocardial infarction. This case illustrates the value of acute coronary angiography in patients with altered mental status and suspected myocardial infarction.