scholarly journals Prognostic Value of Myocardial Viability in Medically Treated Patients With Global Left Ventricular Dysfunction Early After an Acute Uncomplicated Myocardial Infarction

Circulation ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 98 (11) ◽  
pp. 1078-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenio Picano ◽  
Rosa Sicari ◽  
Patrizia Landi ◽  
Lauro Cortigiani ◽  
Riccardo Bigi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Left Ventricular Dysfunction ◽  
Myocardial Viability ◽  
Prognostic Value ◽  
Ventricular Dysfunction ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Global Left Ventricular

Prevalence and Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Non-Q-Wave Myocardial Infarction

1987 ◽  
Vol 26 (03) ◽  
pp. 135-138
Author(s):  
R. Baroffio ◽  
R. Picozzi ◽  
B. Palagi
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Left Ventricular Dysfunction ◽  
Prognostic Value ◽  
Ventricular Dysfunction ◽  
Radionuclide Angiography ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Left Ventricular Ejection ◽  
Ventricular Failure ◽  
Normal Lvef ◽  
Q Wave

Forty-two consecutive patients with non-Q-wave acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and 40 consecutive patients with transmural AMI were comparatively examined by equilibrium gated radionuclide angiography (ERNA) to assess prevalence and prognostic value of left ventricular dysfunction in non-Q-wave AMI. Left ventricular ejection (LVEF) was generally preserved both in anterior and inferior non-Q-wave infarctions and sharply reduced only in anterior transmural infarctions. ERNA cannot assist in identifying any subgroup of patients with non-Q-wave AMI at risk of major complications other than left ventricular failure because they may develop such complications in spite of a normal LVEF.

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