title: Usefulness of the admission electrocardiogram for identifying the infarct-related artery in inferior wall acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: We analyzed the admission electrocardiogram in 109 patients with inferior wall acute myocardial infarction in an attempt to determine the infarct-related artery (IRA). The presence of ST depression in leads V1 or V2 had a high sensitivity for predicting the left circumflex artery as the IRA. The lack of ST depression in V1 or V2 had a high negative predictive value for excluding the left circumflex artery as the IRA.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0128, USA.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kontos
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Jesse
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ornato
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000145:classification; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010343:Patient Admission; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity