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  • Title: Clinical significance of synthesized posterior/right-sided chest lead electrocardiograms in patients with acute chest pain.
    Author: Katoh T, Ueno A, Tanaka K, Suto J, Wei D.
    Journal: J Nippon Med Sch; 2011; 78(1):22-9. PubMed ID: 21389644.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) provide insufficient information for the accurate diagnosis of posterior and/or right ventricular acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with acute chest pain. Posterior chest leads (V7-V9) and/or right-sided precordial leads (V3R-V5R) provide important information from those specific areas, but these additional ECGs are not routinely recorded because of the time-consuming procedure involved. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate a newly developed system to synthesize these 6 additional lead ECGs non-invasively using standard 12-lead ECG information. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty patients (25 men, 5 women; mean age: 65 ± 11 years) complaining of acute chest pain were enrolled. Standard 12-lead and V3R, V4R, V5R, V7, V8, V9 lead ECGs were successively recorded and compared with synthesized ECGs mathematically derived from standard 12-lead signals. RESULTS: The synthesized and actual ECG waveforms were almost identical, and there were significant correlations in ECG variables, including the P, QRS, and T waves (correlation coefficients about total 1-cycle signals: 0.97 in V3R; 0.93 in V4R; 0.88 in V5R; 0.98 in V7; 0.92 in V8; and 0.88 in V9, p<0.001). Both in patients with AMI (N=16) and in patients with ST elevation at the extended leads (N=8), significant correlations were also found (correlation coefficients were over 0.88 at all leads, p<0.001). The reproducibility of the ST segment was as good as that of the other ECG variables, even in patients with significant ST elevation due to posterior and/or right ventricular AMI. CONCLUSION: Synthesized posterior and right-sided precordial lead ECGs appear to be highly reliable and useful in the rapid diagnosis of AMI, especially in the early detection of posterior and/or right ventricular involvement, thereby alleviating patient distress.
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