High-speed electrocardiography in 741 patients showed the nadir of a q wave in aVL/aVF never exceeded the peak of an r wave in V1 except in cases of high lateral or inferior infarction.
Observational (n=741)
High-speed simultaneous ECG recording reveals that the absence of qV6 with delayed onset of RV6 compared to rV1 may indicate a nonpathologic masked septal potential, whereas simultaneous onset suggests septal abnormalities.
The main aim of this study is to re-evaluate the r wave in V1 (rV1) and the initial forces in V6 with normal QRS duration. A total of 741 high-speed simultaneous electrocardiograms of V1 and V6 with either aVF or aVL as reference lead were recorded in patients with cardiac or noncardiac conditions. Patients with a QS pattern in V1 and/or a wide QRS complex were excluded. The peak of rV1 was beyond the nadir of the q wave in V6 (qV6) in 448 patients but coincided with the nadir of qV6 in 51 patients. The onset of the R wave in V6 (RV6) with absent qV6 was delayed in comparison with the onset of rV1 in 210 patients but coincided with the onset of rV1 in 30 patients. In this study, the nadir of a q wave either in aVL and/or aVF was never beyond the peak of an r wave in V1 except for high lateral and/or inferior infarction. In many cases rV1 appears to represent both septal activation and right ventricular activation. The absence of qV6 with some delay in the onset of RV6 in comparison with the onset of rV1 might indicate a nonpathologic absence of qV6 due to masked septal potential in the isoelectric line in V6, although the absence of qV6 with simultaneous onset of rV1 and RV6 may suggest septal abnormalities. An abnormal Q wave in aVL and/or aVF may be defined as that the nadir of q wave exceeded the peak of r wave in Vl.
Tetsuro YAMAMOTO (Wed,) conducted a observational in Cardiac or noncardiac conditions (n=741). High-speed simultaneous electrocardiogram was evaluated on Timing of r wave in V1 and initial forces in V6. High-speed electrocardiography in 741 patients showed the nadir of a q wave in aVL/aVF never exceeded the peak of an r wave in V1 except in cases of high lateral or inferior infarction.