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Electrocardiographic Appearance of a Non-Q Wave Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Thyrotoxicosis

A Case History

Division of Cardiology and Department of Medicine, Patras University Medical School, Patra, Greece

Nikolaos Lazarou

Division of Cardiology and Department of Medicine, Patras University Medical School, Patra, Greece

Apostolos G. Vagenakis

Division of Cardiology and Department of Medicine, Patras University Medical School, Patra, Greece

A patient with severe thyrotoxicosis developed the typical electrocardiographic (ECG) evolution of a non-q myocardial infarction. This occurred without evidence of myocardial necrosis and in the absence of coronary artery disease. Treatment with beta blockers resolved the ECG changes despite the persistence of the thyrotoxic state.

Angiology, Vol. 46, No. 4, 353-356 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979504600411


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