From Electrocardiogram to Magnetic Resonance Imaging – The Quest for Unrecognized Myocardial Infarction

In the article “Detection and localization of myocardial infarction using electrocardiogram: validation by cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging”, the authors systematically and thoroughly analyze the relationship between the presence of pathological Q waves on the electrocardiogram (ECG) and delayed enhancement with an ischemic pattern on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Very relevant data on the diagnostic performance of the ECG in detecting and localizing myocardial infarction (MI) are presented, expanding the evidence accumulated in previous studies.

The authors studied two groups of patients: one consisting of patients with a documented history of MI and the other selected from diabetic patients without significant cardiac abnormalities on MRI.

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