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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1980; 3(4):203-206

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1980.3.4.203

Case Report

Pneumonia Simulation Myocardial Infarction in the Electrocardiography

Woo Hyung Lee, Sung Hea Lee
Corresponding author: Sung Hea Lee. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Woman's University, Korea.

Copyright ⓒ 1980. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

We experienced the left lower lobe pneumonia simulating myocardial infarction in the eletrocardiogram. Eletrocardiographic changes were return to normal after the pneumonic infiltration had subsided. The finding in our case simply reconfirm the well-established principle that the surface electrocardiogram mirros the electrical phenomena of the heart, and it is important to draw attention to noncoronary syndrome that mimic ischemic heart disease.