Abstract |
Exercise electrocardiography with or without thallium-201 scintigraphy was performed (pre-hospital discharge) in 66 asymptomatic survivors of a first inferior myocardial infarction (IMI). Although coronary angiography revealed an 82% incidence of multivessel coronary artery disease (MV-CAD) in the total cohort, the sensitivity of exercise ECG for MV-CAD in the group with absent anterior ST-depression in the acute phase was low (11%). In contrast the presence of acute phase anterior ST-segment depression improved the yield for MV-CAD to 55%. Forty-six patients agreed to a symptom-limited exercise ECG plus/minus thallium imaging at 8-10 weeks post IMI. The sensitivity of detecting MV-CAD improved by 15% in patients with no acute phase anterior ST-segment depression and 16% in patients with acute phase anterior ST-segment depression. At each exercise protocol, thallium improved the sensitivity of exercise in detecting ischemia in the noninfarct zone. It is concluded that following IMI, a high percentage of asymptomatic patients whose acute phase ECG showed anterior ST-segment depression will have MV-CAD detected by heart-rate limited and, more so, by symptom-limited exercise ECG. The detection rate will double in patients with no anterior ST-segment depression if exercise testing is delayed until 8-10 weeks post IMI.
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Authors | N H Hayat, M M Mohamed, M al-Khafaji, J Charvat, S Bhatnagar |
Journal | Japanese heart journal
(Jpn Heart J)
Vol. 31
Issue 1
Pg. 15-23
(Jan 1990)
ISSN: 0021-4868 [Print] Japan |
PMID | 2335845
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Coronary Angiography
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiography
- Exercise Test
- Heart
(diagnostic imaging)
- Heart Function Tests
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Myocardial Infarction
(physiopathology)
- Radionuclide Imaging
- Stress, Physiological
(physiopathology)
- Stroke Volume
- Thallium Radioisotopes
- Time Factors
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