What diagnostic and prognostic information can be obtained from the admission electrocardiogram in patients with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction?
The admission electrocardiogram is an essential tool in STEMI for not only diagnosis but also predicting infarct size, estimating prognosis, and identifying the underlying coronary anatomy.
The electrocardiogram is considered an essential part of the diagnosis and initial evaluation of patients with chest pain. This review summarises the information that can be obtained from the admission electrocardiogram in patients with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction, with emphasis on: (1) prediction of infarct size, (2) estimation of prognosis, and (3) the correlations between various electrocardiographic patterns and the localisation of the infarct and the underlying coronary anatomy.
Birnbaum et al. (Mon,) studied this question.
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