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JIM Score of Jim et al for Identifying the Affected Artery Following an Inferior Myocardial Infarction

Description

Jim et al reported the Jeopardized Inferior Myocardium (JIM) score to identify the affected artery following an inferior myocardial infarction. The authors are from Grantham Hospital, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital and Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong.


Patient selection: inferior myocardial infarction

 

Parameters - ST segment displacement:

(1) lead II

(2) lead V3

(3) lead III

(4) lead V1

(5) lead I

 

score =

= ((lead II) - (lead V3)) / ((lead III) + (lead VI) - (lead I))

 

Score

Location

<= 0.5

proximal RCA

0.51 to 1.5

distal RCA

> 1.5

left circumflex C1

 


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