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Large Transmural STEMI with Myocardial "Rupture" of Ventricular Septum

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A man in his 60's presented after 4 days of chest pain, with some increase of pain on the day of presentation. Exact pain history was difficult to ascertain. When there is MI extending all the way to the epicardium (transmural), that infarcted epicardium is often inflamed (postinfarction regional pericarditis, or PIRP).

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Subacute AnteroSeptal STEMI, With Persistent ST elevation and Upright T-waves

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A man in his 60's presented after 4 days of chest pain, with some increase of pain on the day of presentation. Exact pain history was difficult to ascertain. When there is MI extending all the way to the epicardium (transmural), that infarcted epicardium is often inflamed (postinfarction regional pericarditis, or PIRP).

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