Early Detection of Inferolateral Ischemia Using a Smartphone-Based ECG Device:A Case of Triple-Vessel Disease Confirmed by Coronary Angiography
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https://doi.org/10.5644/ama2006-124.493Keywords:
Inferolateral Ischemia, Portable ECG, Coronary Artery Disease, Vessel Disease, Coronary AngiographyAbstract
Objective. This case report describes the capability of a smartphone-based electrocardiogram (ECG) in detecting multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), with initial findings suggestive of double-vessel involvement, which was later confirmed as triple-vessel disease (TVD) by coronary angiography.
Case Report. In this case report, we describe a 51-year-old woman with a known medical history of CAD, hypertension, TVD, and a prior episode of acute coronary syndrome who presented to Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, with complaints of chest pain. She had previously undergone percutaneous coronary intervention with stent placement. Conventional 12-lead ECG (Philips PageWriter ECG) indicated myocardial ischemia. Follow-up smartphone-based ECG (Spandan Pro) revealed inferolateral ischemia possibly affecting the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and left circumflex artery (LCX), with a possible diagnosis of double-vessel disease (DVD). Coronary angiography later confirmed the diagnosis of TVD with significant stenosis of the LAD, LCX, and right coronary artery, along with additional involvement of the left main coronary artery. Post-angiography, the patient was recommended for coronary artery bypass grafting as the first option and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty as an alternative.
Conclusion. This case illustrates the clinical efficacy of the smartphone-based ECG device in detecting inferolateral ischemia suggestive of DVD in patients with suspected or known CAD and highlights its diagnostic concordance with standard investigations, particularly coronary angiography.
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