Inter-rater reliability of J-point location and measurement of the magnitude of ST segment elevation at the J-point on ECGs of STEMI patients by emergency department doctors

• Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ Vol. 32; no. 10; pp. 809 - 812
• Main Authors: Lim, Hoon Chin Steven, Salandanan, Edgar Azada, Phillips, Rachel, Tan, Jun Guan, Hezan, Muhammad Azmi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Agreements; Brugada Syndrome; Cardiac Conduction System Disease; Electrocardiography; Electrocardiography - methods; Emergency medical care; Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Female; Heart attacks; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis; Observer Variation; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Studies; cardiac care, acute myocardal infarct; ECG, interpretation; cardiac care, diagnosis

Introduction and objectivesIdentification of the J-point and measurement of ST segment elevation at the J-point are important for the diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We conducted a study to determine the inter-rater reliability (IRR) of J-point location and measurement of th...