PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bruschke, Albert V. G.
AU  - van der Laarse, Arnoud
AU  - van der Wall, Ernst E.
TI  - Assessment of the size of acute myocardial infarction II: electrocardiography and imaging methods
DP  - 1990 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 551--557
VI  - 57
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/6/551.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/6/551.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1990 Sep 01; 57
AB  - The electrocardiogram gives a reasonable estimate of infarct size but the confidence limits are wide, and the estimates are unreliable in inferior wall infarction. Infarct size also can be determined from perfusion scintigraphy, assessment of left ventricular dimensions, wall motion disturbances, and other characteristics of the left ventricular wall. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, particularly with contrast enhancement, has the greatest potential for accuracy.