Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

R perezosa en cara anterior

English translation:

poor R-wave progression in anterior side of heart/anterior chest leads

Added to glossary by Sibylle Gray
Mar 30, 2013 09:53
11 yrs ago
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Spanish term

R perezosa en cara anterior

Spanish to English Medical Medical (general) ECG
Taken from a discharge report:

"axis QRS 0°. R perezosa en cara anterior. QS in DII and aVF".

Thank you very much in advance for your input.

Sibylle.

Discussion

liz askew Mar 30, 2013:
R is probably referring to the "R-wave"

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poor R-wave progression in anterior side of heart/anterior chest leads

heart.bmj.com › Volume 45, Issue 5
by GJ Hart - 1981 - Cited by 7 - Related articles
Br Heart J 1981;45:522-526 doi:10.1136/hrt.45.5.522 ... anterior myocardial infarction in emphysema with poor R wave progression in anterior chest leads. ... Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription.

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or

slow R-wave progression


Ch. 11: Electrocardiography
www.mhprofessional.com/.../loscalzo_cardiovascular_c... - United States
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The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a graphic recording of electric potentials ..... associated with slow R-wave progression and T-wave inversions in V1–V4 ...

I'd opt for the latter
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poor progression of R wave

Just a little feedback on this one:
"El ECG consta habitualmente de 12 derivaciones: las 6 derivaciones "precordiales" (V1, V2, V3, V4, V5 y V6) se sitúan en la cara anterior del tórax (means at front); las otras 6 son las derivaciones "de los miembros", y se colocan en las extremidades (aVR, aVL, aVF, I, II, III)... Once we know this, then... Derivaciones...

"Se observa tambien la denominada "progresion de las erres".La onda R debe ir creciendo progresivamente de V1 a V6 (es algo mayor en V5 que en V6) , si no lo hace o existe necrosis septal antigua , fibrosis miocardica del anciano o cambios posicionales...

Note: Poor progression of ‘R’ is said to be present if voltage of ‘r’ wave in lead V1 to V4 remains extremely small.

"Criteria to diagnosing poor progression of R wave are (both or anyone can be present)
1. R-wave less than 2-4 mm in leads V3 or V
2. Presence of reversed R-wave progression defined as R in V4 less than R in V3 or R in V3 less than R in V2 or R in V2 less than R in V1, or any combination of these"

Almost sure the Dx is: Anterior myocardial infarction.
See also the following DXs / Left bundle branch block (LBBB), left anterior fascicular block (LAHB), Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome(WPW syndrome), some times associated with right ventricular hypertrophy RVH (especially that associated with chronic lung diseases), even left ventricular hypertrophy may result in poor R wave progression, left sided pneumothorax, corrected transposition of the great vessels (CTGA), congenital absence of the pericardium.

Actually: This particular pattern is usually reported out as "cannot rule out anterior myocardial infarction."
Note from asker:
Thank you very much for answering. I did, however, give Liz 4 points since she was faster at answering, although I very much appreciate the additional information you have given.
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neutral liz askew : How does this differ from my answer?
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