The inferior infarction is obvious. The precordial (V) leads are actually right-sided and reveal RV infarction. There are 2 clues for the right-sided V leads: QRS and P. The QRS complexes in leads I, ...

The initial negative deflections in the QRSs of inferior leads suggest Q waves of inferior infarct. However, the PR interval is short and typical delta waves are present in other leads, proving that ...

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Dear Dr. Roach: I recently had an EKG that showed first-degree heart block and “inferior infarct, age undetermined.” What does that mean? What should I do to make sure it doesn’t get worse? I will be ...

This is a classic example of atrioventricular nodal blocks that can occur with inferior wall myocardial infarctions. There are two mechanisms behind this phenomenon. An inferior wall MI results in ...

Dear Dr. Roach: When I went to my new doctor, whom I like very much, I found that they do a lot of things in their office for which I would normally be sent elsewhere. The nurse drew four vials of ...

A 58 year-old man presented with the acute onset of language disturbance. His speech was fluent but nonsensical, with frequent word substitutions and neologisms. His was unable to follow any commands.

A 71 year-old woman presented with vertigo, nausea and vomiting. Examination showed a left sided Horner's syndrome, left facial numbness, left sided ataxia, weakness of the left soft palate, slurred ...

THE interruption of deep venous pathways in the treatment and prevention of pulmonary embolism has come to be a generally accepted surgical procedure. The preferred sites for division when deep venous ...