Does the presence of terminal QRS distortion on admission ECG predict worse recovery of left ventricular wall motion in patients with anterior acute myocardial infarction?
Terminal QRS distortion on admission ECG in anterior AMI is a useful early indicator of severe myocardial damage and poor subsequent recovery of left ventricular wall motion.
In order to clarify the time course of left ventricular (LV) wall motion in patients with anterior acute myocardial infarction (AMI) showing terminal QRS distortion on the admission electrocardiogram (ECG), the present study examined 106 patients with their first anterior AMI ( or =50% of the R-wave amplitude in leads with QR configuration and/or absence of S waves in leads with RS configuration) on the admission ECG. Group A had a lower LV ejection fraction and more reduced regional wall motion (RWM) in the infarct region at both 1 and 6 months after AMI than group B. The degree of improvement in RWM between 1 and 6 months after AMI was less in group A than in group B (-0.1+/-0.5 vs 0.4+/-0.6 SD/chord, p<0.01). This study indicates that patients with anterior AMI showing terminal QRS distortion on the admission ECG have more severely depressed LV wall motion and less improvement in RWM in the infarct region in the healing stage, suggesting that this sign is an indicator of severe myocardial damage.
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