title: Prognostic significance of reciprocal changes in acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Study on 108 patients of acute myocardial infarction has shown the incidence of reciprocal ST depression in ECG in 58.3% patients. Those showing reciprocal changes had higher (65.0% Vs 15.5%) incidence of complication such as dysrhythmias, conduction disorders. hypotension, left ventricular failure or CCF which was more conspicuous in inferior myocardial infarction. There was higher incidence of complications (74.4% vs 18.7%) whenever ST depression was 2 mm or more (P < 0.001) and there was steep rise in complications whenever the ST depression persisted for 2 days and beyond.
authors.affiliation: Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology, Patna.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011379:Prognosis