Acute myocardial infarction and documented sudden death

A sexagenarian man sought the emergency unit complaining of dubious chest pain and lipothymia. He was investigated and stratified. His serial electrocardiograms and serum markers for myocardial injury were negative for myocardial ischemia, as was his exercise test. However, the patient died suddenly inside the hospital while under continuous electrocardiographic Holter monitoring, which evidenced acute myocardial infarction complicated by complex ventricular arrhythmia (ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation), which culminated in death refractory to the cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers.