Monday, December 12, 2011

Cardiology MCQs - Myocardial Infarction


Which one of the following findings is the most specific for the diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction?
  1. An akinetic area of Left Ventricle wall motion on ECH0
  2. Elevated cardiac enzymes
  3. ST Segment elevation on ECG
  4. Positive history of severe chest pain
  5. Evolution of Q waves on the ECG








    ANSWER (5) Evolution Q Waves on the ECG

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20 comments:

  1. GREAT question above - though I would think the answer would depend on HOW one defines "myocardial infarction". I'd be curious as to the documentation for the correctness of Choice 5 (and would hope that the documentation didn't use ECG development of Q waves as it's "gold standard" .... ). Depending on the time course used to define Choice 5 - there are other reasons why patients may develop Q waves over time ...

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  2. I agree with ECG Interpretation - but given the right history most specific feature of a completed MI would be dyskinetic or hypokinetic or akinetic area on the echocardiogram.

    Q waves can be present due to multiple reasons.

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  3. I actually agree with Anonymous. Q waves was NOT my choice for the answer (I also chose an akinetic area). The point I was trying to make is that sometimes studies are done to assess accuracy of a diagnostic test using "itself" as the gold standard to compare with other tests - and that methodology is flawed. My suspicion is that if "Q waves" are written up somewhere as the most specific feature of a "completed MI" - that the study that showed this may have suffered from that flaw ... but I am not familiar with whatever study looked at this so I couldn't say. Then again IF by "evolution" what one meant was on Day 1 NO chest pain; No Q wave - then Day 2 there is chest pain and positive troponins and cath proof of an acute infarct and shortly thereafter evolves a Q wave - then that Q wave was specific ... but then again, there were also positive troponins and cath proof ... ergo my question as to how "the Answer" to this question was derived ...

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