ST Segment Elevation at the Surface of a Healed Transmural Myocardial Infarction in Pigs

Abstract

Acute ischemia adjacent to a chronic infarction induces ST segment elevation at the surface of the scar despite the virtual absence of viable tissue within the infarction. Data suggest a passive ST segment potential transmission through the infarction. Moreover, ischemia adjacent to a chronic infarction induces lower ST segment elevation than ischemia not adjacent to a necrosis. The mechanisms accounting for these regional differences are probably independent of collateral myocardial perfusion and ischemia extension.