Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Specific ECG changes  in Left main coronary stenosis

ST Elevation in leads aVR and aVL --- highly specific for LM coronary artery stenosis.

ST Elevation in aVR and V1 ----  specific for proximal left anterior descending (LAD) or LMCA stenosis.
If  ST Elevation  in aVR is greater than the STE in V1 ----- indicates LMCA stenosis (81% sensitivity, 80% specificity, and 81% accuracy) rather than LAD stenosis.

STE in aVR  > 1.5mm has approximately 75% mortality

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