THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE Q WAVES OF aVF AND ESOPHAGEAL LEADS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF POSTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Authors: I L RUBIN, O A ROSE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 March 1951THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE Q WAVES OF aVF AND ESOPHAGEAL LEADS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF POSTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONIRA L. RUBIN, M.D., O. ALAN ROSE, M.D.IRA L. RUBIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, O. ALAN ROSE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-3-632 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe significance of a deep Q wave in standard Lead III as an aid to the diagnosis of posterior myocardial infarction was established by Pardee1in 1930. Since this time a deep Q3has been of accepted value in this diagnosis. It has been recognized, however, that a significant Q wave in standard Lead III according to Pardee's criteria (25 per cent or more of the highest R wave in the standard leads) may be seen in normal patients. It is also known that a Q wave of apparently significant amplitude may be present in conditions other than myocardial infarction....Bibliography1. Pardee HE: Significance of electrocardiogram with large Q in Lead III, Arch. Int. Med. 46:470, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. LiebersonLiberson AF: An internal electrocardiographic lead, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 31: 441, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Brown WH: A study of the esophageal lead in clinical electrocardiography, Am. Heart J. 12: 1 and 307, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. HamiltonNyboer JGJ: The ventricular deflections in myocardial infarction—an electrocardiographic study using esophageal and precordial leads, Am. Heart J. 15:414-424, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WilsonJohnston FNFD: Electrocardiograms that represent the potential variations of a single electrode, Am. Heart J. 9: 447, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Goldberger E: A simple electrocardiographic indifferent electrode of zero potential and a method of obtaining augmented unipolar extremity leads, Am. Heart J. 23: 483, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. MyersOren GBBG: The use of the augmented unipolar left leg lead, in the differentiation of the normal from abnormal Q wave in standard Lead III, Am. Heart J. 29: 708, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Nyboer JC: Exploratory electrocardiograms extremity, precordial, esophageal and discussion of the Q3. Electrocardiogram, Read at the Fifty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors of America, October 24-25, 1946. Google Scholar9. MyersKlein GBHA: The relation of unipolar limb leads to precordial and esophageal leads, Am. Heart J. 35 : 727, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication February 26, 1949.From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Bronx, New York.Published with permission of the Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration, who assumes no responsibility for the opinions expressed or conclusions drawn by the authors. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie Coronarerkrankungen. Coronarinsuffizienz, Angina pectoris und HerzinfarktElektrokardiogramm und HerzlageThe ventricular esophageal electrocardiogram in the diagnosis of myocardial infarctionREFERENCESPositional changes in QAVF and the esophageal leads induced by pneumoperitoneum 1 March 1951Volume 34, Issue 3Page: 632-640KeywordsMedical servicesMyocardial infarctionSurgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...