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Observer Variability and Optimal Criteria of Transient Ischemia During ST Monitoring with Continuous 12-lead ECG

ANNALS OF NONINVASIVE ELECTROCARDIOLOGY, Issue 3 2002
Ph.D., Tomas Jernberg M.D.
Background: ST monitoring with continuous 12-lead ECG is a well-established method in patients with unstable coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the method lacks documentation on optimal criteria for episodes of transient ischemia and on observer variability. Methods: Observer variability was evaluated in 24-hour recordings from 100 patients with unstable CAD with monitoring in the coronary care unit. Influence on ST changes by variations in body position were evaluated by monitoring 50 patients in different body positions. Different criteria of transient ischemia and their predictive importance were evaluated in 630 patients with unstable CAD who underwent 12 hours of monitoring and thereafter were followed for 1 to 13 months. Two sets of criteria were tested: (1) ST deviation , 0.1 mV for at least 1 minute, and (2) ST depression , 0.05 mV or elevation , 0.1 mV for at least 1 minute. Results: When the first set of criteria were used, the interobserver agreement was good (kappa = 0.72) and 8 (16%) had significant ST changes in at least one body position. Out of 100 patients with symptoms suggestive of unstable CAD and such ischemia, 24 (24%) had a cardiac event during follow-up. When the second set of criteria were used, the interobserver agreement was poor (kappa = 0.32) and 21(42%) had significant ST changes in at least one body position. Patients fulfilling the second but not the first set of criteria did not have a higher risk of cardiac event than those without transient ischemia (5.3 vs 4.3%). Conclusions: During 12-lead ECG monitoring, transient ischemic episodes should be defined as ST deviations , 0.1 mV for at least 1 minute, based on a low observer variability, minor problems with postural ST changes and an important predictive value. A.N.E. 2002;7(3):181,190 [source]

Continuous 12-lead electrocardiographic ST monitoring adds prognostic information to the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction risk score in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes

CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, Issue 4 2005
Michael N. Zairis M.D.
Abstract Background: Continuous 12-lead electrocardiographic (ECG) ST monitoring and the Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction Risk Score (TIMI-RS), both have been shown to be useful for early risk stratification in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTACS). Hypothesis: Transient ST ischemic events, detected by continuous 12-lead ECG ST monitoring, early in the course of NSTACS, may add prognostic information to the TIMI-RS. Methods: In all, 567 consecutive patients with a NSTACS underwent 24-h continuous 12-lead ECG ST monitoring. An ST ischemic event was defined as a transient ST shift in any lead of , 0.10 mV compared with the reference ECG, lasting for ,l min. Results: The incidence of the composite of death, nonfatal myocardial infarction (or reinfarction) and recurrent ischemia by Day 14 was 22.2%. By Day 30, the incidence of the composite of death and nonfatal myocardial infarction (or reinfarction) was 14.7%. There was a significantly increased risk of 14-day (p value for trend < 0.001) or 30-day (p value for trend <0.001) composite endpoint with increasing of TIMI-RS. Moreover, the occurrence of , 1 ST shifts during ST monitoring was associated with a significantly increased risk of 14-(p value < 0.001) or 30-day (p value < 0.001) composite end-point, and this was true throughout the groups of TIMI-RS. Conclusions: The present study suggests that continuous 12-lead ECG ST monitoring, early in the course of NSTACS, may serve as an affordable tool to add prognostic information to the TIMI-RS. [source]