Dnyaneshwar V Mulay1, Sachin M Mukhedkar2. 1. Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Aurangabad 431001, Maharashtra, India. Electronic address: mulay.dv@gmail.com. 2. Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Aurangabad 431001, Maharashtra, India.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: ECG on admission has been used in predicting prognosis and risk stratification in ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI). OBJECTIVE: To analyze the admission ECG in STEMI based on abnormality observed in terminal portion of QRS and its correlation to hospital mortality. METHOD: 160 consecutive patients of STEMI were classified into subjects without (Group I) and with distortion of terminal QRS (Group II), Pattern A--Emergence of J point at ≥50% of the R wave amplitude in leads with qR configuration or Pattern B--Absence of the S waves, in leads with Rs configuration in two consecutive leads. RESULTS: Out of 160 patients of STEMI, 69 (43.1%) had distortion of QRS. There were 13 deaths (8.1%). Hospital mortality was found to be significantly more in subjects with distortion than those without (15.9% V/S 2.1%, p < 0.001). Patients with QRS distortion tended to have larger infarction as assessed by Killip class on admission (p < 0.05), anterior location of MI (p < 0.01) and presence of significant Q waves in leads with ST segment elevation (p < 0.0001). With multiple logistic regression analysis using hospital mortality as a dependent variable and all studied risk factors as independent variables, QRS distortion on admission ECG was the only variable found to be statistically significant (Adjusted OR = 7.161, p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: ECG on admission is a simple, cheap, universally available investigation that can predict the short term prognosis in STEMI and would help in deciding which patients should go for other myocardial revascularization procedures.
BACKGROUND: ECG on admission has been used in predicting prognosis and risk stratification in ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI). OBJECTIVE: To analyze the admission ECG in STEMI based on abnormality observed in terminal portion of QRS and its correlation to hospital mortality. METHOD: 160 consecutive patients of STEMI were classified into subjects without (Group I) and with distortion of terminal QRS (Group II), Pattern A--Emergence of J point at ≥50% of the R wave amplitude in leads with qR configuration or Pattern B--Absence of the S waves, in leads with Rs configuration in two consecutive leads. RESULTS: Out of 160 patients of STEMI, 69 (43.1%) had distortion of QRS. There were 13 deaths (8.1%). Hospital mortality was found to be significantly more in subjects with distortion than those without (15.9% V/S 2.1%, p < 0.001). Patients with QRS distortion tended to have larger infarction as assessed by Killip class on admission (p < 0.05), anterior location of MI (p < 0.01) and presence of significant Q waves in leads with ST segment elevation (p < 0.0001). With multiple logistic regression analysis using hospital mortality as a dependent variable and all studied risk factors as independent variables, QRS distortion on admission ECG was the only variable found to be statistically significant (Adjusted OR = 7.161, p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: ECG on admission is a simple, cheap, universally available investigation that can predict the short term prognosis in STEMI and would help in deciding which patients should go for other myocardial revascularization procedures.
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