title: Clinical use of the combined Sclarovsky Birnbaum Severity and Anderson Wilkins Acuteness scores from the pre-hospital ECG in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
abstract: This review summarizes the electrocardiographic changes during an evolving ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and discusses associated electrocardiographic scores and the potential use of these indices in clinical practice, in particular the ECG scores developed by Anderson and Wilkins estimating the acuteness of myocardial ischemia and Sclarovsky-Birnbaum's grades of ischemia evaluating the severity of ongoing ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: yfakhri@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yama
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fakhri
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Mikkel M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Schoos
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clemmensen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Roskilde Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sejersten
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: Anderson Wilkins acuteness score; Pre-hospital ECG; STEMI; Sclarovsky Birnbaum Severity Grades of Ischemia