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Inferior wall acute myocardial infarction with one-lead ST-segment elevation: electrocardiographic distinction between a benign and a malignant clinical course.
Coronary Artery Disease 1995 November
BACKGROUND: In most clinical trials, ST-segment elevation in two contiguous leads is required for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This study describes the clinical course of patients with inferior wall AMI with one-lead ST-segment elevation in lead L3 in the initial ECG.
METHODS: Of 394 consecutive patients with inferior wall AMI, 31 (7.8%) had an initial ECG showing ST-segment elevation (+/- 1 mm) only in lead L3 (ST < 1 mm in leads L2 and aVF) and upright T waves in inferior leads. Patients were categorized into three groups: (I) no precordial ST-segment depression (n = 6), (II) maximal precordial ST-segment depression in leads V1-V3 (n = 4), and (III) maximal precordial ST-segment depression in leads V4-V6 (n = 21).
RESULTS: Patients in group III developed severe heart failure (pulmonary edema or cardiogenic shock) six times more frequently than those in groups I-II (62 versus 10%). Among patients who underwent coronary angiography, three-vessel coronary artery disease (> 50% stenosis) was more common in group III. Five of six patients in group III who underwent emergency angioplasty of the right coronary artery because of cardiogenic shock survived.
CONCLUSION: Patients with inferior wall AMI and an initial ECG with ST-segment elevation only in lead L3, and maximal precordial ST-segment depression in leads V4-V6, are at risk of severe complications, especially heart failure, but their clinical course may be ameliorated by employing an aggressive interventional strategy.
METHODS: Of 394 consecutive patients with inferior wall AMI, 31 (7.8%) had an initial ECG showing ST-segment elevation (+/- 1 mm) only in lead L3 (ST < 1 mm in leads L2 and aVF) and upright T waves in inferior leads. Patients were categorized into three groups: (I) no precordial ST-segment depression (n = 6), (II) maximal precordial ST-segment depression in leads V1-V3 (n = 4), and (III) maximal precordial ST-segment depression in leads V4-V6 (n = 21).
RESULTS: Patients in group III developed severe heart failure (pulmonary edema or cardiogenic shock) six times more frequently than those in groups I-II (62 versus 10%). Among patients who underwent coronary angiography, three-vessel coronary artery disease (> 50% stenosis) was more common in group III. Five of six patients in group III who underwent emergency angioplasty of the right coronary artery because of cardiogenic shock survived.
CONCLUSION: Patients with inferior wall AMI and an initial ECG with ST-segment elevation only in lead L3, and maximal precordial ST-segment depression in leads V4-V6, are at risk of severe complications, especially heart failure, but their clinical course may be ameliorated by employing an aggressive interventional strategy.
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