The Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Ischemia

Article1 August 1955THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIAGORDON B. MYERS, M.D., F.A.C.P., FREDERICK N. TALMERS, M.D.GORDON B. MYERS, M.D., F.A.C.P., FREDERICK N. TALMERS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-2-361 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMyocardial ischemia may be referable to (1) primary reduction in oxygen delivery by the coronary tree; (2) primary increase in cardiac work so that an oxygen supply ordinarily sufficient at rest is no longer adequate; (3) combinations of (1) and (2). Severe prolonged ischemia results in left ventricular infarction, which is manifested by distinctive QRS alterations in leads facing the epicardial surface. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Detroit, Michigan*Presented as a Morning Lecture at the Thirty-fifth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 8, 1954.From the Departments of Medicine of Wayne University College of Medicine and City of Detroit Receiving Hospital.†Supported in part by grants from the National Heart Institute and Michigan Heart Association.‡Public Health Research Fellow of the National Heart Institute. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byExaggerated atrial repolarization waves as a predictor of false positive exercise tests in an unselected populationIdentification of false positive exercise tests with use of electrocardiographic criteria: A possible role for atrial repolarization wavesCalcium antagonist drugs in chronic stable angina. 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