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. 2004 Feb;27(2):106-11.
doi: 10.1002/clc.4960270216.

Relation of lateral ST-segment elevation pattern to myocardial salvage in patients with recanalized anterolateral acute myocardial infarction

Masami Kosuge  1 , Kazuo Kimura, Toshiyuki Ishikawa, Tsutomu Endo, Teruyasu Sugano, Takeshi Nakagawa, Kiyoshi Hibi, Tomoyori Nakatogawa, Jyunn Okuda, Noritaka Toda, Kengo Tsukahara, Takeshi Takamura, Yoshio Tahara, Satoshi Umemura
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Relation of lateral ST-segment elevation pattern to myocardial salvage in patients with recanalized anterolateral acute myocardial infarction

Masami Kosuge et al. Clin Cardiol. 2004 Feb.

Abstract

Background: Although anterior acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with ST-segment elevation in lateral leads is associated with a poor prognosis, the significance of the pattern of lateral ST-segment elevation has not been examined.

Hypothesis: The aim of the study was to examine the relation of the pattern of lateral ST-segment elevation to myocardial reperfusion and infarct size in patients with AMI.

Methods: We studied 111 patients who had a first AMI presenting with anterolateral ST-segment elevation and Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) grade 3 flow of the left anterior descending coronary artery within 6 h from symptom onset. Patients were classified into two groups according to the pattern of lateral ST-segment elevation on the admission electrocardiogram: Group 1, 42 patients with equivalent or greater ST-segment elevation in lead I than in lead aVL, and Group 2, 69 patients with lesser ST-segment elevation in lead I in than in lead aVL. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was measured by predischarge left ventriculography.

Results: There were no differences between the two groups in age, gender, time from onset to recanalization, culprit lesion, or collateral development. Group 1 patients had a higher probability of impaired myocardial reperfusion as indicated by a myocardial blush grade of 0 or 1 after recanalization, a higher peak creatine kinase level, and a lower LVEF than Group 2 patients (p = 0.0001, respectively).

Conclusions: We conclude that equivalent or greater ST-segment elevation in lead I than in lead aVL is associated with impaired myocardial reperfusion and less myocardial salvage in patients with recanalized AMI who present with anterolateral ST-segment elevation on the admission electrocardiogram.

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