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J Am Coll Cardiol, 1984; 4:209-215 © 1984 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation |
P2 300 selected patients, scalar electrocardiograms and contemporaneous radionuclide angiograms were analyzed retrospectively to assess the association between prominent right precordial R waves (duration greater than or equal to 0.04 second, R greater than or equal to S in lead V1 or V2), traditionally considered diagnostic of "posterior" infarction, and asynergy in various left ventricular segments. Mathematical methods for analysis of association between nonparametric variables clearly demonstrated that prominent right precordial R waves were strongly associated with asynergy of the basal lateral left ventricular wall, although asynergy of adjacent inferior and lateral segments was common. With the exclusion of right ventricular hypertrophy and bundle branch block, a prominent R wave in lead V1 exhibited a high specificity (greater than to 99%), a high positive predictive value (91%) and a low sensitivity (36%) for diagnosing basal lateral myocardial infarction. A prominent R wave in lead V2 exhibited a higher sensitivity (61%), a somewhat lower specificity (95%) and a significantly lower positive predictive value (76%). A newly developed criterion for such infarction--a prominent R wave in lead V2 and a Q wave inferior infarction--had intermediate characteristics and may be more clinically useful. The most common reasons for the decreased sensitivities of all three criteria were left ventricular hypertrophy or associated anterior myocardial infarction. These data demonstrate that prominent right precordial R waves are clinically useful in identifying inferior and lateral wall infarctions that involve the basal lateral left ventricular segment. Confusion results primarily from inappropriate use of the electrocardiographic term "posterior" for such infarctions.
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