Interobserver agreement in the electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in patients with left bundle branch block

• Published in: Annals of emergency medicine Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 566 - 571
• Main Authors: Sokolove, Peter E., Sgarbossa, Elena B., Amsterdam, Ezra A., Gelber, Rebecca, Lee, Thomas C., Maynard, Charles, Richards, John R., Valente, Richard, Wagner, Galen S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.12.2000; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Bundle-Branch Block - complications; Bundle-Branch Block - diagnosis; Bundle-Branch Block - epidemiology; Electrocardiography; Electrocardiography. Vectocardiography; Electrodiagnosis. Electric activity recording; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis; Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology; Observer Variation; Sensitivity and Specificity; Human; Left; Arrhythmia; Infarct; Acute; Physician; Cardiovascular disease; Bundle branch block; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial disease; Conduction disorder; Electrodiagnosis; Interrater agreement; Concomitant disease; Heart block; Heart disease; Electrocardiography; Myocardium; Diagnosis; Emergency; Cardiology; Medical specialty

Study Objective: To determine the interobserver agreement between cardiologists and emergency physicians in the ECG diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) using the ECG algorithm previously described by Sgarbossa et al. Methods: Using the Sgar...