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  • Title: [Two-dimensional echocardiography during the acute phase of myocardial infarction. Diagnostic and prognostic value].
    Author: Gibelin P, Bernardin G, Bossan S, Camous JP, Baudouy M, Morand P.
    Journal: Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris); 1989 Nov; 38(9):515-21. PubMed ID: 2604364.
    Abstract:
    A bidimensional cardiac sonogram was performed in 152 consecutive patients with in 24 hours after hospitalization in the intensive care unit for acute myocardial infarction, in order to evaluate the contribution of this technique to the diagnosis, determination of early complication and the prognosis. For this study, the left ventricle was divided in 10.segments. For each segment, systolic mobility as well as thickness were evaluated. It was possible to obtain a proper recording in 134 patients. Abnormal left ventricular kinetics (at least 1 segment) is present in all anterior transmural infarctions with, in 90 p. cent of the cases, a concordance between electrical and sonographic localization and in 89 p. cent of inferior between electrical and sonographic localization and in 89 p. cent of inferior only present in 65 p. cent. Abnormal kinetics is only present in 65 p. cent of non transmural infarctions. In 15 patients with clinical infarction without any electrical sign, the cardiac sonogram permitted to make the diagnosis and establish the localization of the infarction. In 46 p. cent of the cases, a left ventricular asynergy was observed at a distance of the necrosed area. In these patients, the mortality and cardiogenic shock rates during hospitalization were higher than for patients who did not present these abnormal findings (p less than 0.01). In conclusion, bidimensional cardiac sonography is a very specific diagnostic tool, permitting an early prognosis and able to detect early complication, especially of pericardial and mechanical nature.
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