pseudoinfarct

pseudoinfarct

A Q-wave inversion on an EKG that mimics an acute myocardial infarction, which may be seen in Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, cardiac amyloidosis, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, due to elongation and partial stretching of cardiac nerve fibres.

pseudoinfarct

A Q-wave inversion on EKG mimicking an acute MI, which may be seen in WPW syndrome, cardiac amyloidosis, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, due to elongation and partial stretching of nerve fibers. Cf Myocardial infact.