Abstract
The 12 lead ECG is difficult to evaluate if there is a persistent right or even left bundle block or a pace maker continually stimulating the right ventricle. Despite these pre-existing or new ECG changes it might still be possible to detect variations which can hint to an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Diagnosing significant ST elevations in a case of right bundle block is not very challenging. If the ECG shows a left bundle block the modified Sgarbossa criteria should be used for evaluation. These criteria can also be used in a pace maker ECG. If a patient is not pacemaker-dependent the stimulation can be paused transiently to reveal changes of the ST segment. At first medical contact it can be very important to assess these changes correctly in order to classify the ECG as a STEMI.
Koronare Erkrankungen sind die häufigsten Todesursachen in Deutschland. Es gilt daher, unnötige Zeitverzögerungen vor einer möglicherweise notwendigen Reperfusionstherapie zu vermeiden. Bestimmte EKG-Veränderungen erschweren jedoch die Diagnose. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt, wie es trotz Rechts- oder Linksschenkelblock möglich ist, einen Infarkt zu erkennen.
Schlüsselworter
12-Kanal-EKG - Rechtsschenkelblock - Linksschenkelblock - Schrittmacherrhythmus - Sgarbossa-Kriterien
Key words
12 lead ECG - right bundle branch block - left bundle branch block - pace maker rhythm - Sgarbossa criteria
