Echocardiography at the Emergent Intensive Care Unit of Cardenas Territorial Hospital

Authors

  • Carlos Yun Angarica HOSPITAL GENERAL DOCENTE JULIO M. ARISTEGUI VILLAMIL. CÁRDENAS. MATANZAS
  • Niurka Moreno Rodríguez HOSPITAL GENERAL DOCENTE JULIO M. ARISTEGUI VILLAMIL. CÁRDENAS. MATANZAS
  • Leonel De Armas Rodríguez HOSPITAL GENERAL DOCENTE JULIO M. ARISTEGUI VILLAMIL. CÁRDENAS. MATANZAS
  • Juan Prohías Martínez Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras. La Habana

Keywords:

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, CORONARY CARE UNITS, INTENSIVE CARE, HUMAN, ADULT

Abstract

A prospective study was carried out with the objective of demonstrating the effectiveness of echocardiography as mean to diagnose the acute myocardial infarct at the Emergent Intensive Care Unit of Cardenas Hospital. Serial electrocardiograms and echocardiograms were made to 163 patients entered to the Unit in the period January-September 2002 with a diagnostic of Acute Coronary Syndrome to detect an acute myocardial infarct. The electrocardiogram showed 96 % of sensibility and 90 % of specificity with a 9.6 rate of positive verisimilitude. The electrocardiogram showed 58 % of sensibility, 50 % of specificity and a rate of positive verisimilitude of 1.16, demonstrating the advantages of the first one for the diagnosis and opportune treatment of the acute myocardial infarct.

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Yun Angarica C, Moreno Rodríguez N, De Armas Rodríguez L, Prohías Martínez J. Echocardiography at the Emergent Intensive Care Unit of Cardenas Territorial Hospital. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2014 Feb. 27 [cited 2025 Jan. 23];29(1):15-9. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/356

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 1 (2007)

Section

Research article

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