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Novel methodology for the detection of exercise-induced myocardial wall motion abnormalities by surface electrocardiogram during exercise test.
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PMID:  21190701     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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BACKGROUND: We investigated whether ischemia-induced wall motion abnormalities during exercise test modify electrical vector variation. METHODS: We performed treadmill exercise test and thallium 201 scintigraphy in 150 normotensives. Beat-to-beat change of direction of S wave in V(1) (reference lead) was compared with that of R wave in V(5) and aVF, representative of anterior and inferior walls, respectively. The percentage of neighboring QRS couples where S wave in V(1) and R wave in V(5) or aVF change toward the same direction (increase or decrease) constitutes V1-V5 and V1-aVF indexes. RESULTS: V1-V5 and V1-aVF indexes were significantly decreased in subjects with reversible anterior or inferior ischemia, respectively. A decrease in V1-V5 index ≥0.14 defines those with anterior wall ischemia (sensitivity, 100%; specificity, 75.5%), whereas a decrease in V1-aVF index ≥0.05 defines those with inferior wall ischemia (sensitivity, 92.3%; specificity, 61.5%). CONCLUSIONS: These novel electrocardiographic exercise test indexes improved significantly their sensitivities.
Authors:
Andreas P Michaelides; Spyros Massias; Charalambos Antoniades; Dimitris Tsiachris; Polychronis Dilaveris; Athanasios Aggelis; Charalampos Liakos; Kyriakoula Marinou; Leonidas Raftopoulos; Dimitrios Soulis; Christodoulos Stefanadis
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2010-12-27
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of electrocardiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1532-8430     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-30     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0153605     Medline TA:  J Electrocardiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
1st Department of Cardiology, Medical School of Athens University, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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