New electrocardiographic criteria for predicting either the right or left circumflex artery as the culprit coronary artery in inferior wall acute myocardial infarction

I Herz; A R Assali; Y Adler; A Solodky; S Sclarovsky

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00678-4

New electrocardiographic criteria for predicting either the right or left circumflex artery as the culprit coronary artery in inferior wall acute myocardial infarction

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Nov 15;80(10):1343-5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00678-4.

Authors

I Herz¹, A R Assali, Y Adler, A Solodky, S Sclarovsky

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, Israel.

PMID: 9388111
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00678-4

Abstract

Two readily obtainable measurements on the admission electrocardiogram-a higher ST-segment elevation in lead III than in lead II and a greater ST-segment depression in lead aVL than in lead I-can distinguish right coronary artery from left circumflex artery-related acute inferior wall myocardial infarction.

Publication types

Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

Coronary Disease / diagnosis*
Coronary Vessels
Electrocardiography*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Sensitivity and Specificity