[Amaurosis fugax in inferior wall myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation]. 2016

Eugeniusz Hrycek, and Michał Bońkowski, and Przemysław Nowakowski, and Aleksander Żurakowski, and Paweł Buszman
Polsko-Amerykańskie Kliniki Serca PAKS- Małopolskie Centrum Sercowo-Naczyniowe, ul.Topolowa 16, 32-500 Chrzanów; e-mail: ehrycek@gmail.com.

The patient, a fifty nine year old male, was admitted to the ward with symptoms of inferior wall myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation combined with intermittent right side sight loss. Despite typical resting stenocardial chest pain, ST segment elevation in ECG, transient symptoms of acute heart failure and slightly elevated myocardial necrosis biomarkers, coronarography did not reveal obvious source of myocardial ischemia. Moreover, echocardiography did not confirm decreased ejection fraction. However further research confirmed critical stenosis of the left internal carotid artery and chronic occlusion of the right internal carotid artery. Several questions were raised during diagnostic process including: the cause of cardiac ischemia and the cause of cerebral ischemia. Clinical data analysis and available literature allowed authors to exclude cerebral ischemia as a source of ECG ischemic changes and to establish transient myocardial ischemia causing circulatory decompensation amplified by carotid arteries atherosclerosis as the source of neurological symptoms.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009203 Myocardial Infarction NECROSIS of the MYOCARDIUM caused by an obstruction of the blood supply to the heart (CORONARY CIRCULATION). Cardiovascular Stroke,Heart Attack,Myocardial Infarct,Cardiovascular Strokes,Heart Attacks,Infarct, Myocardial,Infarction, Myocardial,Infarctions, Myocardial,Infarcts, Myocardial,Myocardial Infarctions,Myocardial Infarcts,Stroke, Cardiovascular,Strokes, Cardiovascular
D002545 Brain Ischemia Localized reduction of blood flow to brain tissue due to arterial obstruction or systemic hypoperfusion. This frequently occurs in conjunction with brain hypoxia (HYPOXIA, BRAIN). Prolonged ischemia is associated with BRAIN INFARCTION. Cerebral Ischemia,Ischemic Encephalopathy,Encephalopathy, Ischemic,Ischemia, Cerebral,Brain Ischemias,Cerebral Ischemias,Ischemia, Brain,Ischemias, Cerebral,Ischemic Encephalopathies
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D017202 Myocardial Ischemia A disorder of cardiac function caused by insufficient blood flow to the muscle tissue of the heart. The decreased blood flow may be due to narrowing of the coronary arteries (CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE), to obstruction by a thrombus (CORONARY THROMBOSIS), or less commonly, to diffuse narrowing of arterioles and other small vessels within the heart. Severe interruption of the blood supply to the myocardial tissue may result in necrosis of cardiac muscle (MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION). Heart Disease, Ischemic,Ischemia, Myocardial,Ischemic Heart Disease,Disease, Ischemic Heart,Diseases, Ischemic Heart,Heart Diseases, Ischemic,Ischemias, Myocardial,Ischemic Heart Diseases,Myocardial Ischemias
D056989 Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION in which the inferior wall of the heart is involved. It is often caused by occlusion of the right coronary artery. Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction,Diaphragmatic Myocardial Infarction,Inferior Myocardial Infarction,Myocardial Infarction, Inferior Wall,Diaphragmatic Myocardial Infarctions,Infarction, Diaphragmatic Myocardial,Infarction, Inferior Myocardial,Infarctions, Diaphragmatic Myocardial,Infarctions, Inferior Myocardial,Inferior Myocardial Infarctions,Myocardial Infarction, Diaphragmatic,Myocardial Infarction, Inferior,Myocardial Infarctions, Diaphragmatic,Myocardial Infarctions, Inferior
D020757 Amaurosis Fugax Transient complete or partial monocular blindness due to retinal ischemia. This may be caused by emboli from the CAROTID ARTERY (usually in association with CAROTID STENOSIS) and other locations that enter the central RETINAL ARTERY. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p245) Blindness, Monocular, Transient,Monocular Blindness, Transient,Blindness, Transient Monocular,Transient Monocular Blindness

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