HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS REGISTER		Author Keyword(s) Vol Page [Advanced]

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Submit a response Alert me when this article is cited Alert me when eLetters are posted Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this link to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Add article to my folders Download to citation manager Request Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Birnbaum, Y Articles by Drew, B J Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Birnbaum, Y Articles by Drew, B J

The electrocardiogram in ST elevation acute myocardial infarction: correlation with coronary anatomy and prognosis

¹ University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
² University of California, San Francisco

Correspondence to:
Correspondence and reprint requests to:
Professor Yochai Birnbaum, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 5, 106 John Sealy Annex, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555–0553, USA;
yobirnba{at}utmb.edu

The electrocardiogram is considered an essential part of the diagnosis and initial evaluation of patients with chest pain. This review summarises the information that can be obtained from the admission electrocardiogram in patients with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction, with emphasis on: (1) prediction of infarct size, (2) estimation of prognosis, and (3) the correlations between various electrocardiographic patterns and the localisation of the infarct and the underlying coronary anatomy.

Keywords: acute myocardial infarction; coronary anatomy; electrocardiogram

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; ECG, electrocardiogram; LAD, left anterior descending; SPECT, single photon emission computed tomography; ^99mTc, technetium 99m

This article has been cited by other articles:

				M Sejersten, Y Birnbaum, R S Ripa, C Maynard, G S Wagner, P Clemmensen, and for the DANAMI-2 Investigators Influences of electrocardiographic ischaemia grades and symptom duration on outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with thrombolysis versus primary percutaneous coronary intervention: results from the DANAMI-2 trial Heart, November 1, 2006; 92(11): 1577 - 1582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]