Importance of Reciprocal ST Segment Depression in the Extensive Coronary Artery Disease
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Hekim Karapınar 1, Mehmed Yanartaş 2, Yusuf Karavelioğlu 3, Zekeriya Kaya 4, Hasan Kaya 5, Selçuk Pala 6, Mehmet Yunus Emiroğlu 6, Ahmet Yılmaz 7
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1 Van High Specialty Education and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Van, Turkey2 Sivas Numune Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sivas, Turkey3 Çorum State Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Çorum, Turkey4 Şanlıurfa Education and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Şanlıurfa, Turkey5 Siverek State Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Şanlıurfa, Turkey6 Kartal Koşuyolu High Specialty Education and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey7 Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Sivas, Turkey

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Aim: We investigated the relationship between the severity of reciprocal ST depression and the extent of coronary artery disease in patients with inferior myocardial infarction. Method: Ninety-five consecutive patients (52 women 43 men, with a mean age of 54±5 years) who had acute inferior myocardial infarction were included in the study. Reciprocal changes in the ST segment were defined as ST depression of >1 mm in at least two out of four of the precordial leads V1–V4. All the patients had undergone coronary angiography within seven days of admission. The extension of coronary artery disease which was measured by Gensini and Reardon scores, was compared with the reciprocal changes on ECG recorded at the time of admission. Result: There was a significant correlation between reciprocal ST depression and disease extension (r=0.68 for Gensini score, r= 0.88 for Reardon score, p<0.05 for both). Conclusion: The presence of ST segment depression in the precordial leads during the acute inferior myocardial infarction was associated with greater myocardial necrosis and more frequent left coronary artery disease.

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Article Type: Original Article

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2010, 88-91

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82822

Publication date: 12 Jan 2010

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