Why the study?
Does the lack of pathologic Q waves identify myocardial viability in patients with chronic CAD?
Does the lack of pathologic Q waves identify myocardial viability in patients with chronic CAD?
The absence of pathologic Q waves on ECG serves as a specific, readily available clinical marker for myocardial viability and hibernation in patients with chronic CAD.
May aid bedside viability screening in chronic CAD; leaves open prospective validation vs imaging standards.
Lack of pathologic Q waves is a specific and readily available marker of myocardial viability in patients with chronic CAD, which should alert the clinician for myocardial hibernation.
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Jeon et al. (2008) studied this question.
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