Hyperacute T Wave in the Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Hyperacute T Wave in the Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction. / Koechlin, Luca; Strebel, Ivo; Zimmermann, Tobias; Nestelberger, Thomas; Walter, Joan; Lopez-Ayala, Pedro; Boeddinghaus, Jasper; Shrestha, Samyut; Arslani, Ketina; Stefanelli, Sabrina; Reuthebuch, Benedikt; Wussler, Desiree; Ratmann, Paul David; Christ, Michael; Badertscher, Patrick; Wildi, Karin; Giménez, Maria Rubini; Gualandro, Danielle M; Miró, Òscar; Fuenzalida, Carolina; Martin-Sanchez, F Javier; Kawecki, Damian; Bürgler, Franz; Keller, Dagmar I; Abächerli, Roger; Reuthebuch, Oliver; Eckstein, Friedrich S; Twerenbold, Raphael; Reichlin, Tobias; Mueller, Christian; APACE Investigators.
in: ANN EMERG MED, Jahrgang 82, Nr. 2, 08.2023, S. 194-202.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Hyperacute T Wave in the Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
AU - Koechlin, Luca
AU - Strebel, Ivo
AU - Zimmermann, Tobias
AU - Nestelberger, Thomas
AU - Walter, Joan
AU - Lopez-Ayala, Pedro
AU - Boeddinghaus, Jasper
AU - Shrestha, Samyut
AU - Arslani, Ketina
AU - Stefanelli, Sabrina
AU - Reuthebuch, Benedikt
AU - Wussler, Desiree
AU - Ratmann, Paul David
AU - Christ, Michael
AU - Badertscher, Patrick
AU - Wildi, Karin
AU - Giménez, Maria Rubini
AU - Gualandro, Danielle M
AU - Miró, Òscar
AU - Fuenzalida, Carolina
AU - Martin-Sanchez, F Javier
AU - Kawecki, Damian
AU - Bürgler, Franz
AU - Keller, Dagmar I
AU - Abächerli, Roger
AU - Reuthebuch, Oliver
AU - Eckstein, Friedrich S
AU - Twerenbold, Raphael
AU - Reichlin, Tobias
AU - Mueller, Christian
AU - APACE Investigators
N1 - Copyright © 2022 American College of Emergency Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - STUDY OBJECTIVE: The diagnostic performance of T-wave amplitudes for the detection of myocardial infarction is largely unknown. We aimed to address this knowledge gap.METHODS: T-wave amplitudes were automatically measured in 12-lead ECGs of patients presenting with acute chest discomfort to the emergency department within a prospective diagnostic multicenter study. The final diagnosis was centrally adjudicated by 2 independent cardiologists. Patients with left ventricular hypertrophy, complete left bundle branch block, or paced ventricular depolarization were excluded. The performance for lead-specific 95th-percentile thresholds were reported as likelihood ratios (lr), specificity, and sensitivity.RESULTS: Myocardial infarction was the final diagnosis in 445 (18%) of 2457 patients. In most leads, T-wave amplitudes tended to be greater in patients without myocardial infarction than those with myocardial infarction, and T-wave amplitude exceeding the 95th percentile had positive and negative lr close to 1 or with confidence intervals (CIs) crossing 1. The exceptions were leads III, aVR, and V1, which had positive lrs of 3.8 (95% CI, 2.7 to 5.3), 4.3 (95% CI, 3.1 to 6.0) and 2.0 (95% CI, 1.4 to 2.9), respectively. These leads normally have inverted T waves, so T-wave amplitude exceeding the 95th percentile reflects upright rather than increased-amplitude hyperacute T waves.CONCLUSION: Hyperacute T waves, when defined as increased T-wave amplitude exceeding the 95th percentile, did not provide useful information in diagnosing myocardial infarction in this sample.
AB - STUDY OBJECTIVE: The diagnostic performance of T-wave amplitudes for the detection of myocardial infarction is largely unknown. We aimed to address this knowledge gap.METHODS: T-wave amplitudes were automatically measured in 12-lead ECGs of patients presenting with acute chest discomfort to the emergency department within a prospective diagnostic multicenter study. The final diagnosis was centrally adjudicated by 2 independent cardiologists. Patients with left ventricular hypertrophy, complete left bundle branch block, or paced ventricular depolarization were excluded. The performance for lead-specific 95th-percentile thresholds were reported as likelihood ratios (lr), specificity, and sensitivity.RESULTS: Myocardial infarction was the final diagnosis in 445 (18%) of 2457 patients. In most leads, T-wave amplitudes tended to be greater in patients without myocardial infarction than those with myocardial infarction, and T-wave amplitude exceeding the 95th percentile had positive and negative lr close to 1 or with confidence intervals (CIs) crossing 1. The exceptions were leads III, aVR, and V1, which had positive lrs of 3.8 (95% CI, 2.7 to 5.3), 4.3 (95% CI, 3.1 to 6.0) and 2.0 (95% CI, 1.4 to 2.9), respectively. These leads normally have inverted T waves, so T-wave amplitude exceeding the 95th percentile reflects upright rather than increased-amplitude hyperacute T waves.CONCLUSION: Hyperacute T waves, when defined as increased T-wave amplitude exceeding the 95th percentile, did not provide useful information in diagnosing myocardial infarction in this sample.
KW - Humans
KW - Prospective Studies
KW - Sensitivity and Specificity
KW - Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis
KW - Arrhythmias, Cardiac
KW - Electrocardiography
KW - Early Diagnosis
U2 - 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.12.003
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 36774205
VL - 82
SP - 194
EP - 202
JO - ANN EMERG MED
JF - ANN EMERG MED
SN - 0196-0644
IS - 2
ER -