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Inferior myocardial infarction

MedGen UID:
83305
•Concept ID:
C0340305
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Diaphragmatic Myocardial Infarction; Diaphragmatic Myocardial Infarctions; Infarction, Diaphragmatic Myocardial; Infarction, Inferior Myocardial; Infarctions, Diaphragmatic Myocardial; Infarctions, Inferior Myocardial; Inferior Myocardial Infarction; Inferior Myocardial Infarctions; Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction; Myocardial Infarction, Diaphragmatic; Myocardial Infarction, Inferior; Myocardial Infarction, Inferior Wall; Myocardial Infarctions, Diaphragmatic; Myocardial Infarctions, Inferior
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006803

Definition

Myocardial infarction in which the inferior wall of the heart is involved. It is often caused by occlusion of the right coronary artery. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVInferior myocardial infarction

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Optimized electrocardiographic criteria for prior inferior and anterior myocardial infarction.
Warner RA, Hill NE
J Electrocardiol 2012 May-Jun;45(3):209-13. Epub 2012 Jan 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2011.11.002. PMID: 22217365
Pathophysiology and clinical management of right heart ischemia.
Goldstein JA
Curr Opin Cardiol 1999 Jul;14(4):329-39. doi: 10.1097/00001573-199907000-00009. PMID: 10448614
Improved electrocardiographic criteria for the diagnosis of inferior myocardial infarction.
Warner R, Hill NE, Sheehe PR, Mookherjee S, Fruehan CT, Smulyan H
Circulation 1982 Aug;66(2):422-8. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.66.2.422. PMID: 7094249

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Localising culprit artery in inferior STEMI.
Farhat-Sabet A, Smith A, Atwood JE, Pickett C
Open Heart 2023 Jan;10(1) doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2022-002093. PMID: 36707129Free PMC Article
Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysms Discovered Early After Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Surgical Timing Dilemma.
Iosifescu AG, Iosifescu TA, Timisescu AT, Antohi EL, Iliescu VA
Tex Heart Inst J 2022 Sep 1;49(5):e207462. doi: 10.14503/THIJ-20-7462. PMID: 36194723Free PMC Article
A new electrocardiographic pattern indicating inferior myocardial infarction.
Aslanger E, Yıldırımtürk Ö, Şimşek B, Sungur A, Türer Cabbar A, Bozbeyoğlu E, Karabay CY, Smith SW, Değertekin M
J Electrocardiol 2020 Jul-Aug;61:41-46. Epub 2020 Apr 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2020.04.008. PMID: 32526537
Myocardial Ischemia Presenting with Hiccups.
Yuan SM
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2019 May;29(5):469-473. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2019.05.469. PMID: 31036121
Association between coronary dominance and acute inferior myocardial infarction: a matched, case-control study.
Wang L, Li J, Gao Y, Li R, Zhang J, Su D, Wang T, Yang G, Wang X
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2019 Feb 4;19(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1007-5. PMID: 30717670Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction or Not?
Jay DB, Henry TD, Sharkey SW
JAMA Intern Med 2022 Feb 1;182(2):224-225. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6997. PMID: 34870687
Short duration Vectorcardiogram based inferior myocardial infarction detection: class and subject-oriented approach.
Rahul J, Sharma LD, Bohat VK
Biomed Tech (Berl) 2021 Oct 26;66(5):489-501. Epub 2021 May 4 doi: 10.1515/bmt-2020-0329. PMID: 33939896
A new electrocardiographic pattern indicating inferior myocardial infarction.
Aslanger E, Yıldırımtürk Ö, Şimşek B, Sungur A, Türer Cabbar A, Bozbeyoğlu E, Karabay CY, Smith SW, Değertekin M
J Electrocardiol 2020 Jul-Aug;61:41-46. Epub 2020 Apr 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2020.04.008. PMID: 32526537
Acute inferior myocardial infarction: the dilemma between anatomic-pathological classification and electrocardiographic diagnosis.
Chia BL, Yip J, Poh KK
Singapore Med J 2019 Aug;60(8):385-386. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2019087. PMID: 31482179Free PMC Article
Headache angina.
Wang WW, Lin CS
Am J Emerg Med 2008 Mar;26(3):387.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.07.029. PMID: 18358980

Therapy

Enhancing Diagnosis of Anterior and Inferior Myocardial Infarctions Using UWB Radar and AI-Driven Feature Fusion Approach.
Zafar K, Siddiqui HUR, Majid A, Rustam F, Alfarhood S, Safran M, Ashraf I
Sensors (Basel) 2023 Sep 8;23(18) doi: 10.3390/s23187756. PMID: 37765813Free PMC Article
Myocardial Ischemia Presenting with Hiccups.
Yuan SM
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2019 May;29(5):469-473. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2019.05.469. PMID: 31036121
Current pacemaker and defibrillator therapy.
Trappe HJ, Gummert J
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011 May;108(21):372-9; quiz 380. Epub 2011 May 27 doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2011.0372. PMID: 21691561Free PMC Article
Revisiting reperfusion therapy in inferior myocardial infarction.
Bates ER
J Am Coll Cardiol 1997 Aug;30(2):334-42. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(97)00178-2. PMID: 9247502
Reperfusion therapy in inferior myocardial infarction.
Bates ER
J Am Coll Cardiol 1988 Dec;12(6 Suppl A):44A-51A. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(88)92640-x. PMID: 3142944

Prognosis

Enhancing Diagnosis of Anterior and Inferior Myocardial Infarctions Using UWB Radar and AI-Driven Feature Fusion Approach.
Zafar K, Siddiqui HUR, Majid A, Rustam F, Alfarhood S, Safran M, Ashraf I
Sensors (Basel) 2023 Sep 8;23(18) doi: 10.3390/s23187756. PMID: 37765813Free PMC Article
Localising culprit artery in inferior STEMI.
Farhat-Sabet A, Smith A, Atwood JE, Pickett C
Open Heart 2023 Jan;10(1) doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2022-002093. PMID: 36707129Free PMC Article
Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysms Discovered Early After Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Surgical Timing Dilemma.
Iosifescu AG, Iosifescu TA, Timisescu AT, Antohi EL, Iliescu VA
Tex Heart Inst J 2022 Sep 1;49(5):e207462. doi: 10.14503/THIJ-20-7462. PMID: 36194723Free PMC Article
A new electrocardiographic pattern indicating inferior myocardial infarction.
Aslanger E, Yıldırımtürk Ö, Şimşek B, Sungur A, Türer Cabbar A, Bozbeyoğlu E, Karabay CY, Smith SW, Değertekin M
J Electrocardiol 2020 Jul-Aug;61:41-46. Epub 2020 Apr 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2020.04.008. PMID: 32526537
Association between coronary dominance and acute inferior myocardial infarction: a matched, case-control study.
Wang L, Li J, Gao Y, Li R, Zhang J, Su D, Wang T, Yang G, Wang X
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2019 Feb 4;19(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1007-5. PMID: 30717670Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Enhancing Diagnosis of Anterior and Inferior Myocardial Infarctions Using UWB Radar and AI-Driven Feature Fusion Approach.
Zafar K, Siddiqui HUR, Majid A, Rustam F, Alfarhood S, Safran M, Ashraf I
Sensors (Basel) 2023 Sep 8;23(18) doi: 10.3390/s23187756. PMID: 37765813Free PMC Article
Localising culprit artery in inferior STEMI.
Farhat-Sabet A, Smith A, Atwood JE, Pickett C
Open Heart 2023 Jan;10(1) doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2022-002093. PMID: 36707129Free PMC Article
A new electrocardiographic pattern indicating inferior myocardial infarction.
Aslanger E, Yıldırımtürk Ö, Şimşek B, Sungur A, Türer Cabbar A, Bozbeyoğlu E, Karabay CY, Smith SW, Değertekin M
J Electrocardiol 2020 Jul-Aug;61:41-46. Epub 2020 Apr 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2020.04.008. PMID: 32526537
Association between coronary dominance and acute inferior myocardial infarction: a matched, case-control study.
Wang L, Li J, Gao Y, Li R, Zhang J, Su D, Wang T, Yang G, Wang X
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2019 Feb 4;19(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1007-5. PMID: 30717670Free PMC Article
Cardiac anatomy revisited.
Anderson RH, Razavi R, Taylor AM
J Anat 2004 Sep;205(3):159-77. doi: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00330.x. PMID: 15379923Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Kussmaul's sign for the diagnosis of right ventricular myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies.
Dubé E, Crozier M, Middleton A, Best B, Ohle R
CJEM 2021 Mar;23(2):185-194. Epub 2021 Jan 4 doi: 10.1007/s43678-020-00012-8. PMID: 33709353
Myocardial Ischemia Presenting with Hiccups.
Yuan SM
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2019 May;29(5):469-473. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2019.05.469. PMID: 31036121

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