Table 2.
Patient number | Presenting symptoms | Symptom duration | Vital signs at presentation |
Electrocardiographic changes at presentations | ||
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HR (beats/min) | NIBP (mmHg) | SpO2 (%) | ||||
01 | Precordial/retrosternal pain radiating to the left shoulder | >12 h | 64 | 118/76 | 90 | ST elevation in LII, LIII, aVF |
02 | Precordial pain radiating to the left arm | 02 h | 124 | 118/76 | 88 | ST elevation L1, aVL, V1–V3, ST depression in inferior leads |
03 | Retrosternal pain radiating to both shoulders, nausea, diaphoresis, and breathlessness | 24 h | 90 | 136/92 | 91 | ST elevation in L1, aVL, V2–V5 |
04 | Retrosternal pain radiating to both upper limbs, nausea, breathlessness, diaphoresis | 4 h | 86 | 132/90 | 90 | ST elevation in V1–V4 |
05 | Retrosternal pain radiating to both shoulders, nausea, diaphoresis, breathlessness | 12 h | 86 | 114/72 | 89 | ST elevation in L1, aVL, V2–V5 |
06 | Right-sided chest pain, breathlessness, and orthopnea | 36 h | 94 | 118/76 | 92 | ST elevation and inverted T waves in L-II, III/aVF, and right ventricular leads V3–V4 |
07 | Precordial pain and heaviness | 4 days | 76 | 130/78 | 90 | WNL |
HR, heart rate; NIBP, noninvasive blood pressure; SpO2, oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry; V1, chest lead 1; V2, chest lead 2; V3, chest lead 3; V4, chest lead 4; V5, chest lead 5; V6, chest lead 6; L1, limb lead 1; LII, limb lead II; LIII, limb lead III; aVL, lead augmented vector left; aVF, lead augmented vector foot; aVR, lead augmented vector right; WNL, within normal limits.