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ONTARIO
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Chapter 10
for 12 Lead Training
-12 Lead Interpretation – Part 2Ontario Base Hospital Group
Education Subcommittee
2008
TIME IS
MUSCLE
12 Lead Interpretation – Part 2
AUTHOR
REVIEWERS/CONTRIBUTORS
Greg Soto, BEd, BA, ACP
Neil Freckleton, AEMCA, ACP
Hamilton Base Hospital
Niagara Base Hospital
Jim Scott, AEMCA, PCP
Sault Area Hospital
Ed Ouston, AEMCA, ACP
Ottawa Base Hospital
Laura McCleary, AEMCA, ACP
SOCPC
Tim Dodd, AEMCA, ACP
Hamilton Base Hospital
2008 Ontario Base Hospital Group
Dr. Rick Verbeek, Medical Director
SOCPC
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Chapter 10 - Objectives
 Recognize
ST-depression and relate to the
ACS patient
 Recognize Reciprocal Changes (RCs) and
relate to the significance of STEMI
 Recognized Q-waves and relate to the ACS
patient
 Discuss the evolution of an AMI
 Explain the reasons why a normal ECG
does not rule out AMI
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Ischemia
Epicardial Coronary Artery
Septum
Thrombus forming
Left
Ventricular
Cavity
Lateral Wall of LV
Positive Electrode
Inferior Wall of LV
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Ischemia
 Inadequate
oxygen to tissue
 Subendocardial

Represented by ST depression or
T-wave inversion

May or may not result in infarct
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ST depression
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T-wave Inversion
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Evolution of AMI
• Hyperacute T Wave
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Evolution of AMI
• Acute
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Evolution of AMI
• Acute
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Evolution of AMI
• Age undetermined
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Hyper-acute T-waves
 Earliest
ECG sign of
AMI
 Tall and peaked w/in
minutes of blood flow
interruption
Differential Dx:
 hyperkalemia
 BER
 LVH
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Why hyper-acute T-wave are
important to recognize
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AMI Recognition
A “normal” 12-lead ECG
DOES NOT rule out AMI
 Not
all AMI have STE (approx. 50%)
 Early AMI may have no STE but may
evolve over time
 Non STEMI AMI have non specific but
abnormal ECGs
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Why can’t AMI be ruled out?

PHECG has high specificity for STEMI = 97%*

Meaning = when PHECG shows STEMI it
almost always turns out to be an AMI.
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Why can’t AMI be ruled out?
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PHECG has only moderate sensitivity for AMI =
68%
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Meaning - when PHECG does not show STEMI
only 68% of time does it turn out to NOT be an
AMI. (over 30% of AMI patients do not have STE
on PHECG)
CAN’T RULE OUT AMI WITH NO STE
on 12 LEAD ECG
Source: Ioannides JA et al. Accuracy & clinical effect of out-of-hospital ECG
in the diagnosis of acute cardiac ischemia: a meta-analysis. Annals of
Emergency Medicine 2001;37.
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Practice
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Practice
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Practice
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QRS
Q

waves
Physiologic Q waves


< .04 sec (40ms)
Pathologic Q waves

>.04 sec (40 ms)
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Q-wave & Infarct
 represent
irreversible necrosis – death
of tissue
 may develop early (1st hour) but
usually 8-12 hours post-AMI
 may persist permanently but some
resolve regardless of reperfusion
 not all AMIs produce Q-waves
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QRS
Q
wave
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QS Complex
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Common Q-waves
 “age
undetermined”
 Likely old septal MI
 ↑ index of suspicion not
a bad idea
 Q-wave
associated with
an AMI = necrosis has
likely begun
 ↑ severity/seriousness
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Sample ECGs with
Q-waves
Find them……….
Septal – V1 to V3
(? – II, III, aVF )
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Lateral - aVL
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aVL, V1 – V5
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Reciprocal Changes
Reciprocal Changes
 Occur

in larger MI
Able to “see” the MI on the opposite side
because it is larger
 RC’s
make the STE more likely to be
due to AMI
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Don’t have to have RC’s but they make
the diagnosis easier
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Reciprocal Changes
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Reciprocal Changes
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Reciprocal Changes
II, III, aVF
I, aVL, V leads
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Reciprocal Changes
Anterior =
Septal,
Anterior and
Lateral walls
Inferior
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Practice
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Practice
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AMI Recognition
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AMI Recognition
Imitators
of infarct
 BBB
 LVH
 Ventricular
beats
 Pericarditis
 Early
Repolarization
 Others
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Summary
AMI recognition
 Know what you are looking for
 > 1mm of ST elevation in limb leads
 > 2mm of ST elevation in chest
leads
 Two contiguous leads
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Know where you are looking
 Positive electrode as an “eye”
 Memorize lead locations
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Summary
Reciprocal
Changes
 Not
necessary to presume
infarction
 Strong confirming evidence
when present
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Summary
ST
segment elevation is
presumptive evidence
for AMI
Other
conditions may
also cause ST elevation
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Summary
NEVER FORGET:
A normal 12-Lead ECG DOES
NOT rule out AMI
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