New Q Wave

**Semantic type:** Quantitative Concept

**Definition:** An electrocardiographic finding assessment of new or presumed new pathologic Q waves suggestive of myocardial infarction. (Thygesen K, Alpert JS, Jaffe AS, et al.: the Writing Group on behalf of the Joint ESC/ACCF/AHA/WHF Task Force for the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 60(16):1-18, 2012). (CDISC)

**Synonyms:** - NEWQWAVE