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BEDSIDE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH STEMI
Prof. Maria Dorobantu, PhD, FESC, FACCEmergency Hospital of Bucharest, Romania
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Presenter Disclosures
There are no conflicts/ grants/ disclosures for this presentation.
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Ecocardiographic assessment
Positive diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
Hemodynamic assessment
Reperfusion treatment efficacy
Complications
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3.Metabolic impairment
4. Abnormal wall motionDiastolic dysfunction
6. Pain
5.ECG changes
7.Myocardial injury markers
8.Necrosis
2. Perfusion heterogeneity
1. Reduced coronary flow
Sb=80-90%; Sp=80-90% for nontransmural MI
Sb=90-95%; Sp=89% for transmural MI
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New definition of AMI
Detection of rise and/or fall cardiac biomarkers (preferably troponin) with at least one value above the 99 th percentile of the upper reference limit together with evidence of ischemia with at least one of the following:
Symptoms of ischemia
ECG changes of new ischemia (new ST-T changes or new LBBB)
Development of pathological Q waves in the ECG
Imaging evidence of new loss of viable myocardium or new regional wall motion abnormality
ESC-ACCF-AHA-WHF Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction 2007
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Ecocardiographic assessment
Positive diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
Hemodynamic assessment
Reperfusion treatment efficacy
Complications
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LBBB with ischemia LBBB without ischemia
- Apex and anterior wall
- Abnormal LV geometry- Loss of thickness- Dissyncronism-
- No apex and anterior wall- Normal geometry- Multiphasis contraction- Dissyncronism +
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Aortic dissection
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Pulmonary embolism
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Myopericarditis
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Wang K, Asinger RW, Marriott HJ. ST-segment elevation in conditions other than acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 2003; 349:2128-35.
Gu YL, Silvas T, van der Horst ICC, Zijlstra F, Conditions mimicking acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction in patients reffered for primary percutaneous intervention, Neth Heart J 2008; 16(10):325-331.
Costantini M,Tritto C, Licci E, et al. Myocarditis with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction presentation in young man. A case series of 11 patients. Int J Cardiol 2005;101:157-8.
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Ecocardiographic assessment
Positive diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
Hemodynamic assessment
Reperfusion treatment efficacy
Complications
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Hemodynamic assessment
LVD and LVS volumes
Left ventricular ejection fraction
Diastolic transmitral inflow and left atrium intracapillary pressure
Cardiac output
Right ventricular function
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Hemodynamic assessment
LVEF
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TAPSE
MAPSE
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Hemodynamic assessment
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Hemodynamic assessment
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E/E´rate
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DABAGHI SF, ROKEY R, RIVERA JM, SALIBA WI, MAJID PA: Comparison of echocardiographic assessment of cardiac hemodynamics in the intensive care unit with right-sided cardiac catheterization. Am J Cardiol 1995; 76(5): 392-395.
MCGOWAN JH, CLELAND GF: Reliability of reporting left ventricular systolic function by echocardiography:a systematic review of 3 methods. Am Heart J 2003; 146: 388-397.
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Ecocardiographic assessment
Positive diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
Hemodynamic assessment
Reperfusion treatment efficacy
Complications
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24 H
6 M
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6 M
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Larson DM, Menssen KM, Johnson RK, et al. False positive ST elevation in patients undergoing direct percutaneous coronary intervention. Circulation2006;114:II-346.
Van T’ Hof AWJ, Zijlstra F, The success of primary angioplasty: Beyond TIMI flow, Acute Card Care 2009, 11(2): 66-68
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Ecocardiographic assessment
Positive diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
Hemodynamic assessment
Reperfusion treatment efficacy
Complications
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Ventricular remodeling
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Intracavitary thrombosis
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Ischaemic mitral regurgitation
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Prognosis in Ischemic MR
Quantitative Echocardiography
Mayo Clinic 303 pts with AMI & IMR vs 191 pts with AMI no IMR 5 y mortalityERO > 20mm2 - risc 2,23 (p<0.003) ERO < 20mm2 - risc 1,65 (p<0.049)
Grigioni &c Circ 2001 103
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Pericardial effusion
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Mechanical complicationsRupture of IVS
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Mechanical complicationsRupture of papillary muscle
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Mechanical complicationsRupture of free wall
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Conclusions
Echocardiography is a safe and easy to perform non-invasive method for patients with STEMI, to be used at bedside.
Echocardiography represents a very important diagnostic tool in difficult cases.
All patients with acute myocardial infarction must be evaluated by echocardiography for hemodynamic and complications’ assessment.