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This measure has a false positive rate of 15–20% (which is slightly higher in women than men) ... ST segment elevation is regarded as a sign of myocardial ischemia ...
Flat, downsloping, or depressed ST segments may indicate coronary ischemia. ST elevation may indicate transmural myocardial infarction. An elevation of >1mm and longer than 80 milliseconds following the J-point. This measure has a false positive rate of 15-20% (which is slightly higher in women than men) and a false negative rate of 20–30%. [1]
The 2018 European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/World Health Federation Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction for the ECG diagnosis of the ST segment elevation type of acute myocardial infarction require new ST elevation at J point of at least 1mm (0.1 mV) in two contiguous leads with the cut-points: ≥1 mm in all leads ...
Strain means Deformation, and is defined as relative change in length.The Lagrangian formula ε L = (L-L 0)/L 0 = ΔL/L 0, where L 0 is baseline length and L is the resulting length, defines strain in relation to the original length as a dimensionless measure, where shortening will be negative, and lengthening will be positive.
12-lead electrocardiogram showing ST-segment elevation (orange) in I, aVL and V1-V5 with reciprocal changes (blue) in the inferior leads, indicative of an anterior wall myocardial infarction. The primary purpose of the electrocardiogram is to detect ischemia or acute coronary injury in broad, symptomatic emergency department populations. A ...
This then progresses over a period of minutes to elevations of the ST segment by at least 1 mm. Over a period of hours, a pathologic Q wave may appear and the T wave will invert. Over a period of days the ST elevation will resolve. Pathologic Q waves generally will remain permanently. [72]
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ST elevation ≥1 mm in a lead with a positive QRS complex (i.e.: concordance) - 5 points; concordant ST depression ≥1 mm in lead V1, V2, or V3 - 3 points; ST elevation ≥5 mm in a lead with a negative (discordant) QRS complex - 2 points; ≥3 points = 90% specificity of STEMI (sensitivity of 36%) [2]