Journal article
Assessment of the accuracy of serial electrocardiograms in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction
Abstract
The diagnostic accuracy of the 12-lead scalar electrocardiogram (ECG) for the presence or absence of acute transmural myocardium infarction (MI) was studied in 25 patients who died while in hospital for treatment of ischemic chest pain. Detailed autopsy studies revealed myocardial necrosis in 17 patients, with the ECG accurate in 11 (44%) of the 25 patients. None of the five patients with autopsy-proven subendocardial infarction had abnormal Q …
Authors
McQueen MJ; Holder D; El-Maraghi NRH
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 105, No. 2, pp. 258–261
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 1983
DOI
10.1016/0002-8703(83)90524-0
ISSN
0002-8703