title: The effects of thrombolytic therapy on the high-resolution electrocardiogram after myocardial infarction.
abstract: The effects of thrombolytic treatment was studied in 109 consecutive patients 9-11 days after their first acute myocardial infarction by high-resolution electrocardiography (ECG), 24 h Holter monitoring, exercise test and radionuclide ventriculography. Thirty-seven patients were treated with intravenous thrombolytic agents. Thrombolytic treatment was assessed by clinical criteria to be successful in 22 patients and probably successful in 12 patients. Thrombolysis failed in three patients and 72 patients did not receive thrombolytic treatment (control group). Measurements made on the high-resolution and filtered (60 Hz high-pass) vectormagnitude complex included the total duration, the duration of the potential less than 40 microV, the root mean square (RMS) voltage in 10 ms intervals over the first 50 ms and RMS voltage of the last 40, 50 and 60 ms. The filtered QRS duration was significantly shorter in reperfused patients compared with the control group (83 +/- 10 vs 89 +/- 12 ms; P = 0.017). In inferior infarcts (n = 57) the filtered QRS duration was 83 +/- 11 ms in reperfused and 89 +/- 10 ms in non-reperfused patients (P = 0.044), but in anterior infarcts (n = 52) there was no difference. The RMS voltage of the initial 50 ms of the QRS was higher in the reperfused than in non-reperfused anteroseptal infarcts (38 +/- 14 v 23 +/- 10 microV; P = 0.022). Patients successfully treated with thrombolytic agents within the first 2 h had higher RMS voltage of the terminal 40 ms of the QRS than patients treated within 2-4 h (38 +/- 17 vs 27 +/- 17 microV; P = 0.03).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Helsinki University Central Hospital, First Department of Medicine, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mäkijärvi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heikkilä
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montonen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leiniö
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Siltanen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katila
mesh_terms: D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000187:drug effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013300:Streptokinase; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator; C067551:saruplase