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Circulation, Vol 62, 869-878, Copyright © 1980 by American Heart Association

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Diagnostic criteria for acute myocardial infarction in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery

DS Raabe Jr, A Morise, JA Sbarbaro and WD Gundel

Current techniques for diagnosing perioperative myocardial infarction were studied in 58 patients who underwent coronary bypass surgery. All patients had preoperative and postoperative ECGs and technetium-99m stannous pyrophosphate myocardial scintigrams; serum CK-MB was measured immediately after surgery and daily for 3 days. Postoperative bypass graft visualization and left ventriculography were performed before hospital discharge in every patient. Nine patients (16%) had new Q waves postoperatively. Five of these nine patients had positive pyrophosphate scintigrams, postive CK-MB and new wall motion abnormalities, and the remaining four had negative CK-MB, negative phyrophosphate scintigrams and no new wall motion abnormalities. Seven patients (12%) had newly positive postoperative pyrophosphate scintigrams, positive CK-MB and new wall motion abnormalities on postoperative ventriculography, but only four had new Q waves postoperatively. Eight patients (14%) had new wall motion abnormalities; seven had positive pyrophosphate scintigrams and all had positive CK-MB, but only five had new Q waves. Sixteen patients (28%) had positive CK-MB, including all patients with either positive pyrophosphate scintigrams or new wall motion abnormalities, Eight patients had positive CK-MB without other evidence of perioperative infarction. A newly positive postoperative pyrophosphate scintigram is more senstive and specific than the development of new postoperative Q waves for the diagnosis of hemodynamically significatn perioperative myocardial in farction. CK-MB is highly sensitive, but too nonspecific to be useful for the diagnosis of perioperative infarction.

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