A Sudden‐Death Case with Silent Abnormal Q waves: A Dilemma in Health Checkups | Zendy

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A Sudden‐Death Case with Silent Abnormal Q waves: A Dilemma in Health Checkups

Author(s) -

Takeda Yutaka,

Suzuki Shogo,

Fukutomi Tatsuya,

Ito Shigenori,

Murasaki Gen'i,

Okutani Hiroaki,

Ttoh Makoto

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

journal of occupational health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664

H-Index - 59

ISSN - 1348-9585

DOI - 10.1539/joh.42.336

Subject(s) - dilemma , medicine , family medicine , medical emergency , epistemology , philosophy

Although abnormal Q waves can appear in electrocardiograms (ECGs) of healthy individuals without experience of cardiac symptoms (silent abnormal Q waves), a report demonstrated that positive predictive accuracy for diagnoses of myocardial infarction (MI) by abnormal Q waves ranged from 30 to 88%, with a mean value of approximately 50%. Should individuals with abnormal Q waves receive further evaluations requiring additional costs even if they had no experience of a cardiac event?

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