Open AccessAcute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: The prognostic importance of lead augmented vector right and leads V7–V9
Author(s) -
Veeresh Patil Hebbal,
H.S. Natraj Setty,
Cholenahalli Manjunath Sathvik,
Veeresh Patil,
Sarthak Sahoo,
Cholenahalli Nanjappa Manjunath
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.198364
Subject(s) - medicine , culprit , cardiology , myocardial infarction , lead (geology) , percutaneous coronary intervention , st elevation , st segment , acute coronary syndrome , electrocardiography , population , environmental health , geomorphology , geology
Acute myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with high mortality and among survivors have high morbidity. Electrocardiogram (ECG), a cost-effective and easily available, has traditionally been used not only just for diagnosis of MI but also for culprit vessel recognition and for prognostication. However, the role of lead augmented vector right (aVR) and leads V 7 -V 9 in acute MI are often neglected in clinical practice. We studied the role of lead aVR and leads V 7 -V 9 in ST-elevation MI (STEMI) patients.