anterior wall myocardial infarction

The ECG findings are often confused with those found during an acute anterior wall myocardial infarction.

An anterior wall myocardial infarction may damage the distal conduction system of the heart, causing third-degree heart block.

The typical presentation of someone with takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a sudden onset of congestive heart failure associated with ECG changes suggestive of an anterior wall myocardial infarction.

When the doctor on the other end of the phone rattles off a diagnosis of, say, AWMI, Ms. Sasser knows to enter in the computer anterior wall myocardial infarction.