Subarachnoid haemorrhage mimicking a STEMI

Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2017 Dec;6(8):736-737. doi: 10.1177/2048872616655942. Epub 2016 Jun 17.

Abstract

A 50-year-old healthy woman presented with typical ECG findings of a ST elevation myocardial infarction, further to an abnormal anterior wall motion and elevated specific cardiac markers. A cerebral computed tomography scan revealed a subarachnoid and intraventricular haemorrhage due to a ruptured distal internal carotid aneurysm. The following report shows a rare case, in which subarachnoid haemorrhage mimics an acute ST elevation myocardial infarction.

Keywords: ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cerebral Angiography / methods*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Middle Cerebral Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / physiopathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*