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異型狭心症患者における発作時心電図は,ST上昇が特徴的であり1),発作時ST上昇を心電図的に捕えることは,異型狭心症の診断に今なお欠かせないものである。しかしながら,異型狭心症の発作は夜間から早朝に多く見られ,発作時間はしばしば非常に短く,また,ST上昇の見られる誘導も限定されているので,自然発作を心電図にはっきり捕えることは必ずしも容易ではない。ホルター型携帯心電計も有力な方法ではあるが,2チャンネルが限度であり,誘導によっては発作中の心電図変化が見落とされる可能性もある。
1979年Gersonら2)は,運動負荷時U波陰転は有意冠動脈(左前下行枝)狭窄を高率に予測させると報告した。また1982年Kishidaら3)は,高血圧症,逆流性大動脈弁・僧帽弁弁膜症,虚血性心疾患における陰性U波の特異性を指摘した。しかし,異型狭心症における発作時陰性U波に関してまとめた報告は見られない。今回,我々は,異型狭心症発作前,中,後にわたり,標準12誘導心電図の経時的記録を行い,陰性U波出現について,その臨床的意義をST上昇に対する誘導上の問題を含めて検討してみた。
Sequential 12 lead electrocardiogram recorded during angina provoked by ergonovine maleate in 39 patients with variant angina were examined. Transient U-wave inversion was observed in all 18 patients with ST-segment elevation in anterior chest leads, but only in 4 of 21 patients with ST-segment elevation in inferior leads. In the former patients, all of whom spasm of the left anterior des-cending coronary artery, the sensitivity of ST-seg-ment elevation in V5 was only 44%, which rose to 78% when the sensitivity of U-wave inversion of the same lead was combined. The maximal inversion of U-wave was observed in V3 or V4 in most cases. During the recovery phase of angina, the sensitiv-ity of U-wave inversion was 89% in V4 and 72% in V5 (p<0.01). In six of them (33%) U-wave in-version preceded ST-segment elevation. These results suggest that transient U-wave inversion dur-ing anginal attacks are closely related to severe myocardial ischemia, which may be caused by coro-nary spasm with or without significant organic stenosis. Detection of inverted U-wave may be help-ful in diagnosis of variant angina when only a single lead of V5 or modified V5 is used as a monitor lead, and when electrocardiograms can be recorded only during the recovery phase of angina.
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