Abstract
To distinguish between acute occlusion of the right coronary artery (RCA) and the left circumflex artery (LCx) by electrocardiography, we studied ST-segment deviation during balloon inflation in percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. The composite electrocardiographic criteria based on ST-segment deviations increased the diagnostic specificity: that is, the finding of inferior infarction (ST-segment elevation in leads II, III, aVF) without lateral infarction (ST-segment elevation in leads V5,6) was highly suggestive of RCA occlusion (sensitivity and specificity: 35 of 43 cases, 81.4%; and 33 of 36 cases, 91.7%), whereas ST-segment elevation in leads V5,6 (LCx: 23 of 36 cases; 63.9%, RCA: 5 of 43 cases; 11.6%) or isolated ST-segment depression in leads V2-4 (LCx: 9 of 36 cases; 25.0%, RCA: none of 43 cases) was highly suggestive of LCx occlusion. These results indicate that the composite electrocardiographic criteria were useful in predicting the artery involved in acute myocardial infarction, although any single criterion was not sensitive or specific enough to differentiate right from left circumflex coronary artery occlusion.
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