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Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction

MedGen UID:
83304
•Concept ID:
C0340293
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Myocardial Infarction, Anterior Wall

Definition

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION in which the anterior wall of the heart is involved. Anterior wall myocardial infarction is often caused by occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. It can be categorized as anteroseptal or anterolateral wall myocardial infarction. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAnterior Wall Myocardial Infarction

Professional guidelines

PubMed

A Comprehensive Review: Epidemiological Strategies, Catheterization and Biomarkers used as a Bioweapon in Diagnosis and Management of Cardio Vascular Diseases.
Abbas A, Raza A, Ullah M, Hendi AA, Akbar F, Khan SU, Zaman U, Saeed S, Ur Rehman K, Sultan S, Hosny KM, Alissa M, Rizg WY
Curr Probl Cardiol 2023 Jul;48(7):101661. Epub 2023 Feb 22 doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101661. PMID: 36822564
Association between Variation of Troponin and Prognosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction before and after Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
Zhao X, Wang Y, Liu C, Zhou P, Sheng Z, Li J, Zhou J, Chen R, Chen Y, Zhao H, Yan H
J Interv Cardiol 2020;2020:4793178. Epub 2020 Jul 25 doi: 10.1155/2020/4793178. PMID: 32774185Free PMC Article
The challenges in the management of right ventricular infarction.
Inohara T, Kohsaka S, Fukuda K, Menon V
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care 2013 Sep;2(3):226-34. doi: 10.1177/2048872613490122. PMID: 24222834Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

First-degree atrioventricular block in acute anterior myocardial infarction.
Zabeh A, Jahanafrouz M, Kazemi B, Pourafkari L, Davarmoin G, Separham A
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2021 May;29(4):254-259. Epub 2020 Oct 28 doi: 10.1177/0218492320971489. PMID: 33115257
Optimal Use of Echocardiography in Management of Thrombosis After Anterior Myocardial Infarction.
Barbieri A, Mantovani F, Bursi F, Faggiano A, Boriani G, Faggiano P
Echocardiography 2020 Aug;37(8):1287-1295. Epub 2020 Aug 5 doi: 10.1111/echo.14808. PMID: 32757422
Heart Failure Stimulates Tumor Growth by Circulating Factors.
Meijers WC, Maglione M, Bakker SJL, Oberhuber R, Kieneker LM, de Jong S, Haubner BJ, Nagengast WB, Lyon AR, van der Vegt B, van Veldhuisen DJ, Westenbrink BD, van der Meer P, Silljé HHW, de Boer RA
Circulation 2018 Aug 14;138(7):678-691. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030816. PMID: 29459363
Prophylactic warfarin post anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Moulson N, LaHaye SA, Bertrand OF, MacHaalany J
Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2017 Dec;18(8):559-564. Epub 2017 May 9 doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2017.05.002. PMID: 28501493
Characteristic electrocardiographic pattern indicating a critical stenosis high in left anterior descending coronary artery in patients admitted because of impending myocardial infarction.
de Zwaan C, Bär FW, Wellens HJ
Am Heart J 1982 Apr;103(4 Pt 2):730-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(82)90480-x. PMID: 6121481

Diagnosis

Type 1, Type 2 Myocardial Infarction and Non-Ischemic Myocardial Injury-Opinion from the Front Lines.
Alpert JS, Jaffe AS, White HD, Thygesen KA
Am J Med 2022 Aug;135(8):935-938. Epub 2022 Mar 25 doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.03.004. PMID: 35341772
The Intersection of Type 2 Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure.
McCarthy CP, Jones-O'Connor M, Olshan DS, Murphy S, Rehman S, Cohen JA, Cui J, Singh A, Vaduganathan M, Januzzi JL Jr, Wasfy JH
J Am Heart Assoc 2021 Sep 7;10(17):e020849. Epub 2021 Aug 21 doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.020849. PMID: 34423653Free PMC Article
Heart Failure Stimulates Tumor Growth by Circulating Factors.
Meijers WC, Maglione M, Bakker SJL, Oberhuber R, Kieneker LM, de Jong S, Haubner BJ, Nagengast WB, Lyon AR, van der Vegt B, van Veldhuisen DJ, Westenbrink BD, van der Meer P, Silljé HHW, de Boer RA
Circulation 2018 Aug 14;138(7):678-691. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030816. PMID: 29459363
Prophylactic warfarin post anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Moulson N, LaHaye SA, Bertrand OF, MacHaalany J
Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2017 Dec;18(8):559-564. Epub 2017 May 9 doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2017.05.002. PMID: 28501493
Characteristic electrocardiographic pattern indicating a critical stenosis high in left anterior descending coronary artery in patients admitted because of impending myocardial infarction.
de Zwaan C, Bär FW, Wellens HJ
Am Heart J 1982 Apr;103(4 Pt 2):730-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(82)90480-x. PMID: 6121481

Therapy

Impact of dapagliflozin on cardiac function following anterior myocardial infarction in non-diabetic patients - DACAMI (a randomized controlled clinical trial).
Dayem KA, Younis O, Zarif B, Attia S, AbdelSalam A
Int J Cardiol 2023 May 15;379:9-14. Epub 2023 Mar 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.03.002. PMID: 36889650
Antiplatelet Agents in Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
Kumar K, Golwala H
Am J Med 2022 Jun;135(6):697-708. Epub 2022 Feb 22 doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.01.042. PMID: 35202571
Prophylactic warfarin post anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Moulson N, LaHaye SA, Bertrand OF, MacHaalany J
Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2017 Dec;18(8):559-564. Epub 2017 May 9 doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2017.05.002. PMID: 28501493
Arrhythmias and acute myocardial infarction.
Granrud GA, Vatterott PJ
Postgrad Med 1991 Nov 1;90(6):85-8, 93-6. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1991.11701102. PMID: 1946114
Characteristic electrocardiographic pattern indicating a critical stenosis high in left anterior descending coronary artery in patients admitted because of impending myocardial infarction.
de Zwaan C, Bär FW, Wellens HJ
Am Heart J 1982 Apr;103(4 Pt 2):730-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(82)90480-x. PMID: 6121481

Prognosis

Improving Risk Stratification for Patients With Type 2 Myocardial Infarction.
Taggart C, Monterrubio-Gómez K, Roos A, Boeddinghaus J, Kimenai DM, Kadesjo E, Bularga A, Wereski R, Ferry A, Lowry M, Anand A, Lee KK, Doudesis D, Manolopoulou I, Nestelberger T, Koechlin L, Lopez-Ayala P, Mueller C, Mills NL, Vallejos CA, Chapman AR
J Am Coll Cardiol 2023 Jan 17;81(2):156-168. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.10.025. PMID: 36631210Free PMC Article
First-degree atrioventricular block in acute anterior myocardial infarction.
Zabeh A, Jahanafrouz M, Kazemi B, Pourafkari L, Davarmoin G, Separham A
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2021 May;29(4):254-259. Epub 2020 Oct 28 doi: 10.1177/0218492320971489. PMID: 33115257
Optimal Use of Echocardiography in Management of Thrombosis After Anterior Myocardial Infarction.
Barbieri A, Mantovani F, Bursi F, Faggiano A, Boriani G, Faggiano P
Echocardiography 2020 Aug;37(8):1287-1295. Epub 2020 Aug 5 doi: 10.1111/echo.14808. PMID: 32757422
Heart Failure Stimulates Tumor Growth by Circulating Factors.
Meijers WC, Maglione M, Bakker SJL, Oberhuber R, Kieneker LM, de Jong S, Haubner BJ, Nagengast WB, Lyon AR, van der Vegt B, van Veldhuisen DJ, Westenbrink BD, van der Meer P, Silljé HHW, de Boer RA
Circulation 2018 Aug 14;138(7):678-691. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030816. PMID: 29459363
Characteristic electrocardiographic pattern indicating a critical stenosis high in left anterior descending coronary artery in patients admitted because of impending myocardial infarction.
de Zwaan C, Bär FW, Wellens HJ
Am Heart J 1982 Apr;103(4 Pt 2):730-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(82)90480-x. PMID: 6121481

Clinical prediction guides

Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography With Fractional Flow Reserve in Patients With Type 2 Myocardial Infarction.
McCarthy CP, Murphy SP, Amponsah DK, Rambarat PK, Lin C, Liu Y, Mohebi R, Levin A, Raghavan A, Miksenas H, Rogers C, Wasfy JH, Blankstein R, Ghoshhajra B, Hedgire S, Januzzi JL Jr
J Am Coll Cardiol 2023 Oct 24;82(17):1676-1687. Epub 2023 Sep 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.08.020. PMID: 37777947
Type 1, Type 2 Myocardial Infarction and Non-Ischemic Myocardial Injury-Opinion from the Front Lines.
Alpert JS, Jaffe AS, White HD, Thygesen KA
Am J Med 2022 Aug;135(8):935-938. Epub 2022 Mar 25 doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.03.004. PMID: 35341772
Heart Failure Stimulates Tumor Growth by Circulating Factors.
Meijers WC, Maglione M, Bakker SJL, Oberhuber R, Kieneker LM, de Jong S, Haubner BJ, Nagengast WB, Lyon AR, van der Vegt B, van Veldhuisen DJ, Westenbrink BD, van der Meer P, Silljé HHW, de Boer RA
Circulation 2018 Aug 14;138(7):678-691. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030816. PMID: 29459363
Prophylactic warfarin post anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Moulson N, LaHaye SA, Bertrand OF, MacHaalany J
Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2017 Dec;18(8):559-564. Epub 2017 May 9 doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2017.05.002. PMID: 28501493
Characteristic electrocardiographic pattern indicating a critical stenosis high in left anterior descending coronary artery in patients admitted because of impending myocardial infarction.
de Zwaan C, Bär FW, Wellens HJ
Am Heart J 1982 Apr;103(4 Pt 2):730-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(82)90480-x. PMID: 6121481

Recent systematic reviews

Electrocardiographic and Seasonal Patterns Allow Accurate Differentiation of Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy from Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction: Results of a Multicenter Study and Systematic Overview of Available Studies.
Çatalkaya Demir S, Demir E, Çatalkaya S
Biomolecules 2019 Jan 30;9(2) doi: 10.3390/biom9020051. PMID: 30704132Free PMC Article
Efficacy and Safety of PARACHUTE® Device: systematic review.
Teixeira RDS, Veras BMG, Senna KMSE, Caetano R
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) 2018 Sep;64(9):853-860. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.64.09.853. PMID: 30673008
Prevention of Left Ventricular Thrombus Formation and Systemic Embolism After Anterior Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Literature Review.
Bastiany A, Grenier ME, Matteau A, Mansour S, Daneault B, Potter BJ
Can J Cardiol 2017 Oct;33(10):1229-1236. Epub 2017 Aug 1 doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.07.479. PMID: 28941605
Prophylactic warfarin post anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Moulson N, LaHaye SA, Bertrand OF, MacHaalany J
Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2017 Dec;18(8):559-564. Epub 2017 May 9 doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2017.05.002. PMID: 28501493
Therapeutic hypothermia in ST elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised control trials.
Villablanca PA, Rao G, Briceno DF, Lombardo M, Ramakrishna H, Bortnick A, García M, Menegus M, Sims D, Makkiya M, Mookadam F
Heart 2016 May;102(9):712-9. Epub 2016 Feb 10 doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308559. PMID: 26864673

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