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Usefulness of Q-wave area for threshold-based stratification of global left ventricular myocardial infarct size.


ABSTRACT: Left ventricular (LV) infarct size affects prognosis after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Delayed enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance (DE-CMR) provides accurate infarct quantification but is unavailable or contraindicated in many patients. This study tested whether simple electrocardiography (ECG) parameters can stratify LV infarct size. One hundred fifty-two patients with AMI underwent DE-CMR and serial 12-lead ECG. Electrocardiograms were quantitatively analyzed for multiple aspects of Q-wave morphology, including duration, amplitude, and geometric area (QWAr) summed across all leads except aVR. Patients with pathologic Q waves had larger infarcts measured by DE-CMR or enzymes (both p <0.001), even after controlling for infarct distribution by CMR or x-ray angiography. Comparison between early (4 ± 0.4 days after AMI) and follow-up (29 ± 6 days) ECG demonstrated temporal reductions in Q-wave amplitude (1.8 ± 1.4 vs 1.6 ± 1.6 mV; p = 0.03) but not QWAr (41 ± 38 vs 39 ± 43 mV•ms; p = 0.29). At both times, QWAr augmented stepwise with DE-CMR quantified infarct size (p <0.001). QWAr increased markedly at 10% LV infarct threshold, with differences more than threefold on early ECG (59 ± 39 vs 18 ± 20 mV•ms; p <0.001) and nearly fivefold (59 ± 46 vs 13 ± 16 mV•ms; p <0.001) on follow-up. Diagnostic performance compared with a 10% infarction cutoff was good on early (area under the curve = 0.84) and follow-up (area under the curve = 0.87) ECG. Optimization of sensitivity (95% to 98%) enabled QWAr to exclude affected patients with 90% to 94% negative predictive value at each time point. In conclusion, LV infarct size is accompanied by stepwise increments in Q-wave morphology, with QWAr increased three- to fivefold at a threshold of 10% LV infarction. Stratification based on QWAr provides excellent negative predictive value for exclusion of large (?10%) LV infarct burden.

SUBMITTER: Kochav JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3878979 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Usefulness of Q-wave area for threshold-based stratification of global left ventricular myocardial infarct size.

Kochav Jonathan D JD   Okin Peter M PM   Wilson Sean S   Afroz Anika A   Renilla Alfredo A   Weinsaft Jonathan W JW  

The American journal of cardiology 20130420 2


Left ventricular (LV) infarct size affects prognosis after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Delayed enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance (DE-CMR) provides accurate infarct quantification but is unavailable or contraindicated in many patients. This study tested whether simple electrocardiography (ECG) parameters can stratify LV infarct size. One hundred fifty-two patients with AMI underwent DE-CMR and serial 12-lead ECG. Electrocardiograms were quantitatively analyzed for multiple aspects of  ...[more]

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