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  • Title: Electrocardiographic and ventriculographic recovery patterns in Q wave myocardial infarction.
    Author: Montague TJ, McPherson DD, Johnstone DE, Spencer CA, Lalonde LD, Gardner MJ, Horacek BM.
    Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol; 1986 Sep; 8(3):521-8. PubMed ID: 2875088.
    Abstract:
    To further define the capacity for recovery after acute phase electrical and mechanical injury in patients with Q wave myocardial infarction who were treated with standard measures, 120 lead body surface potential maps and radionuclide angiograms were recorded at day 5 before discharge and month 6 after infarction in 23 patients with a first infarction (12 anterior and 11 inferior by standard 12 lead electrocardiographic criteria). In addition to assessment of spatial changes in electrocardiographic and wall motion patterns, five quantitative variables were evaluated: minimal Q zone integral, sigma Q wave integral, maximal ST integral, left ventricular ejection fraction and left ventricular wall motion abnormality score. From day 5 to month 6 after infarction, the only change in the inferior infarction group was a gain in sigma Q wave (-91 +/- 40 mu V X s X 10(2) to -68 +/- 24 mu V X s X 10(2); p less than 0.05). In contrast, all variables improved over the same time period in the anterior infarction group: Q zone minimum, -34 +/- 20 to -24 +/- 13 mu V X s (p less than 0.05); sigma Q wave, -160 +/- 122 X 10(2) to -120 +/- 90 mu V X s X 10(2) (p less than 0.05); ST maximum, 44 +/- 19 to 18 +/- 9 mu V X s (p less than 0.01); ejection fraction, 54 +/- 7 to 63 +/- 17% (p less than 0.05); and wall motion score, 6 +/- 3 to 3 +/- 3 (p less than 0.01).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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