What is an inferior infarct as shown on an ekg ?!
Question: Its an area of dead tissue in the lower part of your heart...
But if you are male can show up like that because of stress and what not but futher testing is usually done to make sure.
An inferior infarct is different then a myocardial infarction...
Infarction means dead tissue so myocardial infarction is a heart attack which is killing the tissue which explains the second part...Infarction...
Answers: Its an area of dead tissue in the lower part of your heart...
But if you are male can show up like that because of stress and what not but futher testing is usually done to make sure.
An inferior infarct is different then a myocardial infarction...
Infarction means dead tissue so myocardial infarction is a heart attack which is killing the tissue which explains the second part...Infarction...
infarction? sounds like a small heart attack, but i'm not a doctor
heart attack, the part affected is the inferior portion (lower part), vessels affected - a block somewhere in the right coronary artery, ECG finding - Q wave in the lead II, III, AVF
In general, Q waves greater than 1mm wide and 1 mm deep in leads 2, 3, and AVF, would indicate an old inferior infarct. ST segment elevation with T wave inversion in those same leads would indicate an evolving (in progress) infarct.
Ralph
it is what you say it is, a finding on an ECG!
fairly meaningless without clinical data, specific laboratory
results (CKnac, CKmb etc) and a proper Hx taken!
A cardiac sono should also be performed under the circumstances; if after all this further indication prevailes, a L-ventricle angio should be performed.
so easy, but hardly ever done on the NHS!