ST-segment elevation in leads I and aVL predicts short-term prognosis in acute anterior wall myocardial infarction.
Our study demonstrates that ST-segment elevation in both leads I and aVL noted on admission for an anterior acute myocardial infarction does portend a worse short-term survival. Independent predictors of short-term prognosis in an anterior acute myocardial infarction include ST elevation in both leads I and aVL, advanced age, female gender, left ventricular failure, and malignant arrhythmias.
Udagawa
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Kyorin University School of Medicine, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshino
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Kachi
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Taniuchi
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Yotsukura
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Ishikawa
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