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
