Clinical Symptoms and Myocardial Infarction in Left Bundle Branch Block Patients

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In patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) and acute chest pain, the association between the clinical presentation and the diagnosis of myocardial infarction has not been investigated. We sought to identify features in the clinical history of patients with LBBB and acute cardiopulmonary symptoms that predict myocardial infarction among candidates for reperfusion therapy. We retrospectively studied a consecutive cohort of 75 patients (94 presentations) who presented to a university emergency department from 1994 to 1997 with LBBB on initial electrocardiogram (ECG) and acute chest pain of ≥20 min duration or acute pulmonary edema. Among the 94 presentations meeting criteria for the cohort, 26 (28%) had confirmed myocardial infarction. Coronary heart disease risk factors, past cardiac history, prior LBBB on the ECG, and presenting symptoms did not predict whether patients were having myocardial infarction. The clinical history was not effective at distinguishing LBBB patients with myocardial infarction among patients who appeared to be candidates for acute reperfusion therapy.

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Prediction of the need for intensive care in patients who come to the emergency departments with acute chest pain.

Bonita Lee, Frank P A Johnson, David Brand … (1996)

Patients who come to the emergency department with chest pain are a heterogeneous group. Some have ischemic heart disease that may lead to serious complications, whereas others have minor disorders. We performed a study to identify clinical factors that predict which patients will have complications requiring intensive care. We first studied 10,682 patients with acute chest pain at seven hospitals between 1984 and 1986 (derivation set) to identify potential clinical predictors of the development of major complications. We then validated these predictors in a separate set of 4676 patients at one hospital between 1990 and 1994 (validation set). In the derivation set of patients, we identified the following set of clinical features, which, if present in the emergency department, were associated with an increased risk of complications: ST-segment elevation or Q waves on the electrocardiogram thought to indicate acute myocardial infarction, other electrocardiographic changes indicating myocardial ischemia, low systolic blood pressure, pulmonary rales above the bases, or an exacerbation of known ischemic heart disease. On the basis of these criteria, the patients in the validation set were stratified into four groups, with the risk of major complications in the first 12 hours ranging from 0.15 to 8 percent. After 12 hours, the probability of a major complication could be updated on the basis of whether the patient had already had a complication of major severity, a complication of intermediate severity, or a myocardial infarction (independent relative risks, 18.9, 7.7 and 4.0, respectively, as compared with patients without prior complications or myocardial infarction). The risk of major complications in patients with acute chest pain can be estimated on the basis of the clinical presentation and new clinical observations made during the hospital course. These estimates of risk help in making rational decisions about the appropriate level of medical care for patients with acute chest pain.

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Acute myocardial infarction and left bundle-branch block--can we lift the veil?

Nathalie I H Wellens (1996)

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Journal ID (publisher-id): CRD

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Cardiology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0008-6312

Title: Cardiology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0008-6312

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9751

Publication date Subscription-year: 2000

Publication date (Print): June 2000

Publication date (Electronic): 04 July 2000

Volume: 93

Issue: 1-2

Pages: 100-104

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^aGeneral Internal Medicine Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Calif., ^bDivision of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Calif., ^cDivision of Research, Kaiser Permanent Medical Care Program, Northern California, Oakland, Calif., and ^dDivision of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Calif., USA

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Publisher ID: 7009 Other ID: Cardiology 2000;93:100–104

DOI: 10.1159/000007009

PubMed ID: 10894914

SO-VID: 830d96db-8016-44b2-b914-698431259c94

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Clinical Symptoms and Myocardial Infarction in Left Bundle Branch Block Patients

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Prediction of the need for intensive care in patients who come to the emergency departments with acute chest pain.

Acute myocardial infarction and left bundle-branch block--can we lift the veil?

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