Tianjin Medical Journal ›› 2024, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (7): 755-761.doi: 10.11958/20231546

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Analysis of electrocardiographic features and in-hospital mortality in acute total left main artery occlusion and subtotal occlusion

LIU Chunwei1(), YANG Fan2, HU Yuecheng1, ZHANG Jingxia1, CONG Hongliang1, LI Ximing1,()   

  1. 1 Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin 300051, China
    2 Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
  • Received:2023-10-11 Revised:2023-11-10 Published:2024-07-15 Online:2024-07-11
  • Contact: E-mail:liximing2816@163.com

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the difference of electrocardiographic (ECG) features between total left main artery (LM) occlusion and subtotal occlusion, and analyze risk factors of in-hospital mortality. Methods A total of 94 patients with left main complete occlusion and 99 patients with subtotal occlusion were included. ECG characteristics, coronary angiography and other clinical data were compared, and factors of hospital death were analyzed. The receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve was used to analyze the predictive value of ECG characteristics in hospital death risk in patients with LM occlusion. The relationship between ECG characteristics, shock and collateral circulation were analyzed in patients with LM occlusion. Results Compared with the subtotal occlusion group, patients with LM occlusion presented with more ST-segment elevation (STE) in Ⅰ, avL, V2-V5, more STE in avR and avL, more left anterior fascicular block + right bundle branch block, prolonged QRS duration, less STE in avR and less STE in avR+V1.The in-hospital mortality was 46.8% (44/94) in LM occlusion and 14.1% (14/99) in LM subtotal occlusion. STE in avR+avL predicted total LM occlusion with a specificity of 0.97, and left anterior branch + right bundle branch block predicted total LM occlusion with a specificity of 1.00. In patients with total LM occlusion, STE in Ⅰ, avL, V2-V5, prolongation of QRS duration, shock, no collateral circulation, STE in Ⅰ, avL, V2-V5 combined with left anterior fascicular block + right bundle branch block, and STE in Ⅰ, avL, V2-V5 combined with shock predicted in-hospital mortality, with the area under the curve of 0.716, 0.619, 0.766, 0.688, 0.572, 0.785, respectively. The diagnostic specificity of STE in Ⅰ, avL, V2-V5 combined with shock was 0.82, and the sensitivity was 0.75. STE in Ⅰ, avL, V2-V5 combined with left anterior fascicular block+right bundle branch block predicted in-hospital death in LM occlusion with a specificity of 0.94. The proportion of shock was higher in patients with STE in Ⅰ, avL, V2-V5, left anterior fascicular block+right bundle branch block and collateral flow absence (P<0.05). In patients with total occlusion, no collateral flow was observed in patients with STE in Ⅰ, avL, V2-V5. In patients with STE in avR (including avR+V1), 82.4% of patients presented with right coronary collateral circulation supplying the left anterior descending coronary artery and left circumflex artery territory. In patients with STE in avR+avL, 69.2% of patients presented with right coronary collateral circulation supplying left anterior descending coronary artery territory. Conclusion Total LM occlusion presents with different ECG features compared with subtotal occlusion. In LM total occlusion, the ECG features predict in-hospital mortality and are associated with different collateral circulation.

Key words: coronary occlusion, electrocardiography, shock, left main, total occlusion, subtotal occlusion, in-hospital mortality

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