Reversible QRS changes during acute myocardial ischemia. 1998

B Surawicz
Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA.

Reversible QRS complex changes associated with ST-segment shift during acute myocardial ischemia (AMI) have been reported sporadically in isolated cases or in small patient groups but have not been analyzed systematically in a sizable cohort of patients. During the past 4 years, a purposeful search was made for electrocardiograms with documented reversible QRS changes associated with all acute injury pattern. The measured variables included distribution of leads with ST-segment deviation and reciprocal ST-segment depression, magnitude of the ST-segment shift, amplitude and direction of the initial and terminal QRS deflections, QRS duration, QTc duration, and U wave amplitude. Reversible QRS changes encountered in 29 patients with AMI included new Q waves (n = 3), decreased Q amplitude (n = 2), QS change to qRS or qR (n = 6), disappearance of QS or Q (n = 4), increased R amplitude (n = 9), decreased R amplitude (n = 6), increased S amplitude by more than 75% (n = 18), and increased QRS duration (n = 4). Changes in the initial configuration were present in 24 of the 29 patients. Reversible changes of the terminal QRS portion occurred in all 29 patients, and reversible changes of the initial QRS portion occurred in 23 (79%), whereas QRS duration increased in 4 patients. Reversible QRS changes during AMI are attributed to passive pull by the ST-segment shift and intraventricular conduction disturbance.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000208 Acute Disease Disease having a short and relatively severe course. Acute Diseases,Disease, Acute,Diseases, Acute
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old
D017202 Myocardial Ischemia A disorder of cardiac function caused by insufficient blood flow to the muscle tissue of the heart. The decreased blood flow may be due to narrowing of the coronary arteries (CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE), to obstruction by a thrombus (CORONARY THROMBOSIS), or less commonly, to diffuse narrowing of arterioles and other small vessels within the heart. Severe interruption of the blood supply to the myocardial tissue may result in necrosis of cardiac muscle (MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION). Heart Disease, Ischemic,Ischemia, Myocardial,Ischemic Heart Disease,Disease, Ischemic Heart,Diseases, Ischemic Heart,Heart Diseases, Ischemic,Ischemias, Myocardial,Ischemic Heart Diseases,Myocardial Ischemias
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