Usefulness of the admission electrocardiogram for identifying the infarct-related artery in inferior wall acute myocardial infarction.
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.
Kontos
M C
MC
Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0128, USA.
Desai
P V
PV
Jesse
R L
RL
Ornato
J P
JP
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