Cardiology: Sgarbossa's criteria

1. Cabrera’s sign refers to :
a) Slurring of ascending limb of S wave >0.05s in V3,V4.
b) Slurring of the ascendind limb of R wave >0.05s in I,aVl,V5-6
c) Extreme left axis deviation
d) ST elevation >1mm in two contigous leads.

2.Which is most diagnostic of all of MI in LBBB:
a) Slurring of ascending limb of S wave >0.05s in V3,V4.
b) Slurring of the ascendind limb of R wave >0.05s in I,aVl,V5-6
c) Extreme left axis deviation
d) ST elevation >1mm in two contigous leads.

3. Patients studied for sgarbossa’s criteria was from the following study:
a) TIMI
b) GCCT
c) GUSTO
d) UKPDS
e) LIVE

4. Is chapman’s sign present in the ecg enclosed:
a) NO
b) YES
c) Cannot determineOnly cabrera’s sign is present

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