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2009

Aga Khan University

Left ventricular Tei index

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Non-Invasive Prediction Of St Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complications By Left Ventricular Tei Index, Nasir Rahman, Khawar Abbas Kazmi, Muniza Yousaf Feb 2009

Non-Invasive Prediction Of St Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complications By Left Ventricular Tei Index, Nasir Rahman, Khawar Abbas Kazmi, Muniza Yousaf

Section of Cardiology

OBJECTIVE: To investigate association between the Tei index and cardiac complications of ST elevation of Myocardial Infarction.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of a 202 adult consecutive patients with first ST elevation MI (STEMI) were studied. Tei index was obtained as: (a _ b)/b, where "a" is the interval between the cessation and onset of mitral flow and "b" is the ejection time of aortic flow measured with the help of pulsed Doppler echocardiography. Subsequent complications, included Death, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Cardiogenic shock, Atrial Flutter/ Atrial Fibrillation, Sustained ventricular tachycardia, Advanced Atrio- Ventricular Clock (AV Block), Myocardial Infarction (MI), …