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The ''ST segment'' represents the ventricular repolarisation. Repolarisation follows upon contraction and depolarisation. During repolarisation the cardiomyocytes elongate and prepare for the next heartbeat. This process takes much more time than the depolarisation. Repolarisation is not passive elongation by stretch, it is an active process during which energy is consumed. On the ECG, the repolarisation fase starts at the junction, or ''j point'', and continues until the ''T wave''. The ST segment is normally at or near the baseline. | |||
The ''T wave'' is usually concordant with the QRS complex. Thus if the QRS complex is positive in a certain lead (the area under the curve above the baseline is greater than the area under the curve below the baseline) than the T wave usually is positive too in that lead. Accordingly the T wave is normally upright or positive in leads I, II, AVL, AVF and V3-V6. The T wave is negative in V1 and AVR. The T wave flips around V2, but there is some genetical influence in this as in Blacks the T wave usually flips around V3. | |||
The T wave angle is the result of small differences in the duration of the repolarisation between the endocardial and epicardial layers of the left ventricle. The endocardial myocytes need a little more time to repolarise (about 22 msec). This difference causes an electrical current from the endocardium to the epicardium, which reads as a positive signal on the ECG.<cite>braunwald</cite> | |||
==ST elevation== | |||
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[[Image:stelevatie_en.png|thumb|ST elevatie wordt gemeten 1,5 of 2mm (=60ms of 80ms) na het j-punt.<cite>Gibbons</cite>]] | [[Image:stelevatie_en.png|thumb|ST elevatie wordt gemeten 1,5 of 2mm (=60ms of 80ms) na het j-punt.<cite>Gibbons</cite>]] | ||
De belangrijkste oorzaak van '''ST elevatie''' is '''acute [[Ischemia]]'''. Andere oorzaken zijn <cite>Wang</cite><cite>Werf</cite>: | De belangrijkste oorzaak van '''ST elevatie''' is '''acute [[Ischemia]]'''. Andere oorzaken zijn <cite>Wang</cite><cite>Werf</cite>: | ||
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#Werf pmid=12559937 | #Werf pmid=12559937 | ||
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