Rescue Percutaneous Intervention in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction-Impact of Regional Transfer Delays in the Midland Region-Time Does Matter

Abstract

Results: The 25 patients were 53 ± 15 years old, 68% were male and average BMI was 29.23 ± 5.9 kg/m 2. In 23 of the 25 patients image quality was sufficient for RV reconstruction. Compared to MRI, RV reconstruction underestimated RVEDV by 14.6 ml (±41.2 ml), RVESV by 9.7 ml (±24.7 ml) and RVEF by 0.7% (±10.3%). Chronbach alpha ranged values were 0.82 for RVEDV 0.87 for RVESV and 0.79 for RVEF. Conclusion: We found the RV can generally be reconstructed from echocardiography to assess size and function using this software. Volumetric parameters were underestimated, with levels of variance that are higher than desirable. Chronbach alpha showed acceptable levels of agreement between four independent observers, suggesting measurements are reproducible.