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Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction

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MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION in which the inferior wall of the heart is involved. It is often caused by occlusion of the right coronary artery.

Also Known As:

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; Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction; Diaphragmatic Myocardial Infarction; Inferior Myocardial Infarction; Myocardial Infarction, Inferior Wall

Networked: 262 relevant articles (9 outcomes, 20 trials/studies)

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Disease Context: Research Results

Cardiovascular Diseases: 37259
- Heart Diseases: 18762
  - Myocardial Ischemia: 16513
    - Myocardial Infarction: 59124
      - Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction: 262
- Vascular Diseases: 10289
  - Myocardial Ischemia: 16513
    - Myocardial Infarction: 59124
      - Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction: 262

Related Diseases

1.	Ventricular Tachycardia
2.	Myocardial Infarction
3.	Atrioventricular Block
4.	Hypotension (Low Blood Pressure)
5.	Mitral Valve Insufficiency (Mitral Regurgitation)

Experts

1.	Teiger, E: 2 articles (04/2013 - 01/2003)
2.	Duman, Cetin: 2 articles (07/2010 - 01/2010)
3.	Kayrak, Mehmet: 2 articles (07/2010 - 01/2010)
4.	Gul, Enes Elvin: 2 articles (07/2010 - 01/2010)
5.	Ari, Hatem: 2 articles (07/2010 - 01/2010)
6.	Li, Xiang: 2 articles (05/2007 - 04/2007)
7.	Zhang, Hong: 2 articles (05/2007 - 04/2007)
8.	Wang, Jian: 2 articles (05/2007 - 04/2007)
9.	Li, Nan: 2 articles (05/2007 - 04/2007)
10.	Ye, Ming: 2 articles (05/2007 - 04/2007)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction:

1.	glucuronyl glucosamine glycan sulfate (Vessel)IBA 05/01/1999 - "Thus, these signs are very useful in identifying the culprit vessel in inferior myocardial infarction." 06/01/1986 - "In the present study patients with electrocardiographic signs of anterior and inferior myocardial infarction and either one-vessel disease of the LAD branch (n = 27; group I) or two-vessel disease including the LAD and the right coronary artery (RCA) (n = 29; group II) were investigated. " 01/01/2012 - "Five Group 1 patients (10%) with inferior myocardial infarction had a contralateral culprit vessel. " 07/01/2005 - "Initial electrocardiography changes were compared prospectively with the findings of coronary angiography to predict the infarct-related artery (IRA) in cases of single- and multi-vessel disease and to demonstrate the relationship between other coexisting coronary involvements and IRA in patients who presented with acute inferior myocardial infarction (AMI). " 07/01/2005 - "Differentiating the infarct-related artery on initial electrocardiogram in single or multi-vessel disease in acute inferior myocardial infarction and evaluating involvement of vessels using correspondence analysis."
2.	Tissue Plasminogen Activator (Alteplase)FDA Link 06/01/1997 - "To assess the efficacy of early accelerated dose tissue plasminogen activator on in-hospital patency of the infarct related artery in patients with inferior myocardial infarction with and without right ventricular involvement. " 03/01/1997 - "A 30-year-old woman had an acute inferior wall myocardial infarction at 21 weeks' gestation and was successfully treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator. " 09/01/1995 - "Under diagnosis of acute inferior myocardial infarction, she was treated with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator. " 09/01/1992 - "We studied 1,786 patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction enrolled in the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) II Trial who received recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) within 4 h of the onset of symptoms. " 08/20/1994 - "A 63-year-old male patient admitted with acute inferior myocardial infarction was treated with tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) and heparin. "
3.	Atropine (Hyoscyamine)FDA LinkGeneric 09/01/1981 - "The degree of A-V block increased after intravenous administration of atropine in 10 nondigitalized patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction who had narrow QRS complexes during periods of 1:1 A-V conduction. " 09/01/1981 - "Atropine-induced multilevel block in acute inferior myocardial infarction. " 10/01/1975 - "Atropine is the drug of choice for management of patients with SB and hypotension and is effective in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias as well as conduction disturbances in patients with inferior myocardial infarction. " 10/01/1975 - "In addition, atropine administration was associated with improved atrioventricular conduction in 11 of 13 patients (85%) with acute inferior myocardial infarction associated with 2 degrees or 3 degrees atrioventricular block. " 10/01/1998 - "Effect of aminophylline in patients with atropine-resistant late advanced atrioventricular block during acute inferior myocardial infarction."
4.	Streptokinase FDA Link 08/01/1996 - "We examined the clinical and angiographic outcomes of 16,521 patients with an acute inferior myocardial infarction who underwent thrombolysis in the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO-I) study. " 05/01/1986 - "A 32 year old patient who presented with a clinical and electrocardiographic picture consistent with an acute inferior myocardial infarction was treated with intravenous streptokinase without the aid of acute angiographic study. " 05/01/2014 - "A 55-year-old male, known diabetic with moderate renal impairment, non-hypertensive, suffered an acute inferior wall myocardial infarction for which he was thrombolyzed with streptokinase. " 01/01/2011 - "Ejection fraction and mortality rate of patients with isolated acute inferior myocardial infarction reperfused by streptokinase." 07/01/2000 - "Resolution of ST-segment elevation after streptokinase therapy in anterior versus inferior wall myocardial infarction."
5.	Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic Acid)FDA LinkGeneric 09/01/1983 - "We studied patients enrolled in the Aspirin Myocardial Infarction Study (AMIS), ages 30 to 69 years, who sustained an inferior myocardial infarction within 6 months from the start of the study. " 02/15/2015 - "In univariate analysis, history of myocardial infarction, aspirin and β-blocker use, VF before PCI, left main coronary artery disease, inferior myocardial infarction localization, symptom-to-balloon time <360 minutes, maximal ST-segment elevation in a single lead >300 μV, and sum of ST-segment deviations in all leads >1,500 μV were associated with increased risk for rVF. " 06/01/1995 - "We report three patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction treated with aspirin (150 mg) and streptokinase (1.5 MU over 60 min), who developed atropine-resistant bradyarrhythmias during or immediately following streptokinase. " 08/01/2003 - "We report the case of a 59-year-old female with hypertension, admitted to the coronary care unit for acute inferior myocardial infarction and treated with tissue-type plasminogen activator 100 mg in 90 min, intravenous heparin 25,000 U, aspirin 100 mg, and metoprolol 50 mg orally once daily. "
6.	Simvastatin (Zocor)FDA LinkGeneric 01/01/2009 - "The patient was taking 80 mg of simvastatin initiated 20 days earlier after cardiac catheterization for an inferior myocardial infarction. " 01/01/2008 - "The patient was taking 80 mg of simvastatin (initiated 20 days before) after cardiac catheterization for an inferior myocardial infarction. " 01/01/2004 - "On the basis of the obtained results and up to now studies on statins effects we suggest Atorvastatin for treatment the patients with anterior myocardial infarction, increased LDL with normal values of HDL and Simvastatin for treatment the patients with inferior myocardial infarction, decreased HDL."
7.	Enalapril FDA LinkGeneric 04/01/1993 - "Effects of enalapril on ventricular volumes and neurohumoral status after inferior wall myocardial infarction." 06/01/1995 - "Effect of captopril and enalapril on left ventricular geometry, function and collagen during healing after anterior and inferior myocardial infarction in a dog model." 06/01/1995 - "This study compared the effects of captopril and enalapril on left ventricular geometry, function and mass and on scar collagen and topography during healing after anterior and inferior myocardial infarction in a canine model. "
8.	Metaraminol (Aramine)FDA Link 11/01/1987 - "This study was designed to evaluate the effects of metaraminol (Aramine) in six patients with evolving acute inferior wall myocardial infarction accompanied by hypotension and warm limbs. " 11/01/1987 - "Effect of metaraminol during acute inferior wall myocardial infarction accompanied by hypotension: preliminary study." 11/01/1987 - "These results indicate that in a selected group of patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction, metaraminol administration (in certain hemodynamic circumstances) can alleviate acute ischemia within a few minutes and thereby reduce ischemic injury."
9.	Lidocaine (Xylocaine)FDA LinkGeneric 12/01/1996 - "To study the possible effect of lidocaine on autonomic cardiac control in humans, we performed spectral analysis of heart rate fluctuations in 19 healthy volunteers, who received an i.v. bolus of lidocaine (1.4 mg/kg), as well as in 13 patients suffering from acute inferior myocardial infarction (IMI) and 13 patients suffering from acute anterior myocardial infarction (AMI), who received therapeutic doses of i.v. lidocaine infusion (4 mg/min). "
10.	Isosorbide Dinitrate (Isordil)FDA LinkGeneric 02/01/1985 - "Isosorbide dinitrate sublingual therapy for inferior myocardial infarction: randomized trial to assess infarct size limitation."

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Thrombolytic Therapy 07/15/1994 - "RV involvement during acute inferior myocardial infarction, accurately diagnosed by ST-segment elevation in V4R, is a strong, independent parameter for mortality and major in-hospital complications and may help to identify patients who will benefit most from thrombolytic therapy. " 01/01/2003 - "One hundred eighty-eight patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction who received thrombolytic therapy were enrolled in this study. " 08/01/1996 - "This study assessed retrospectively the correlation between the pattern of precordial ST segment depression on the admission electrocardiogram (ECG) and hospital mortality in patients with an inferior myocardial infarction treated with intravenous thrombolytic therapy. " 08/01/1994 - "This study was undertaken to determine eligibility for and benefit of thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction with or without right ventricular involvement. " 09/01/2011 - "Tricuspid annular movement and velocities before and after thrombolytic therapy were investigated for the detection of right ventricular (RV) involvement in RCA (right coronary artery)-related acute inferior myocardial infarction (IMI). "
2.	Cryosurgery 03/01/1985 - "We conclude that well-defined monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in patients with a previous inferior myocardial infarction can be successfully treated with localized endocardial resection and/or cryoablation. " 10/01/1986 - "These results suggest that subendocardial resection with additional cryoablation of the annular isthmus results in improved control of ventricular tachycardia in patients with ventricular tachycardia associated with inferior wall myocardial infarction. " 12/01/1997 - "A superior-septal approach was used for mapping and cryoablation of the left ventricular endocardium over the mitral annulus in a patient with ventricular tachycardia associated with an inferior myocardial infarction without a ventricular aneurysm. "
3.	Angioplasty (Angioplasty, Transluminal) 11/15/1998 - "Primary angioplasty is superior to accelerated rt-PA in terms of both myocardial preservation and reduction of in-hospital complications in patients with inferior myocardial infarction and precordial ST-segment depression. " 01/01/2000 - "This study sought to determine the procedural success and the in-hospital outcome after primary coronary angioplasty in patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction and right ventricular involvement (RVI). " 01/01/2015 - "Successful primary coronary angioplasty for acute inferior myocardial infarction in a patient with RII-type single coronary artery." 01/01/2014 - "Difference between Outcome of Left Circumflex Artery and Right Coronary Artery Related Acute Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction in Patients Undergoing Adjunctive Angioplasty after Fibrinolysis." 10/01/2013 - "We report a case of acute inferior myocardial infarction caused by occlusion of an anomalous right coronary artery, successfully treated with primary angioplasty. "
4.	Thrombectomy 05/01/2007 - "[Diver CE versus Guardwire Plus for thrombectomy during primary angioplasty for inferior myocardial infarction]." 05/01/2007 - "In this randomized prospective single-center study, we compared the efficacy of adjunctive thrombectomy using Diver CE device (Linvatec, Italy) versus Guardwire Plus device (Medtronic, USA) before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with <12 h acute inferior myocardial infarction (AIMI) and Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow grade 0 to 1. The primary end point was the magnitude of ST-segment resolution after PCI. " 04/05/2007 - "Diver CE versus Guardwire Plus for thrombectomy in patients with inferior myocardial infarction: a trial of aspiration of thrombus during primary angioplasty for inferior myocardial infarction."
5.	Catheters 04/01/1998 - "This study analyzed the relation between ST elevation > or = 0.1 mV in V4R and the severity of right ventricular systolic dysfunction in 43 consecutive patients (men/women: 35/8; average age 62+/-9 years) with acute inferior myocardial infarction with a rapid-response Swan-Ganz catheter to measure the right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF). " 06/01/2006 - "During the right coronary angiography, following catheter manipulation in the vicinity of the aortic valve, the patient complained of severe chest discomfort, and he had electrocardiographic evidence of acute inferior wall myocardial infarction. " 07/01/2003 - "A case of acute aortic dissection complicating acute inferior myocardial infarction diagnosed by accidentally inserting the catheters into the false lumen during the emergency cardiac catheterization is reported. " 04/01/1997 - "Catheter mapping and RF catheter ablation was performed in 21 patients with an old inferior wall myocardial infarction and VT. " 04/01/1988 - "Two hundred and forty patients with recent inferior myocardial infarction were studied by a symptom-limited ergometric test with haemodynamic monitoring (triple lumen tip-thermistor Swan-Ganz catheter) in order to investigate and quantify the haemodynamic effects of exercise-induced myocardial ischaemia in post-infarct patients and to assess whether the ST-segment changes give any indication of the degree of ventricular impairment. "