REPRODUCIBILITY OF THE ST-SEGMENT DEPRESSION HEART-RATE ANALYSIS OF THE EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC TEST IN ASYMPTOMATIC MIDDLE-AGED POPULATION

Authors
LEHTINEN R SIEVANEN H VIIK J VUORI I MALMIVUO J
Citation
R. Lehtinen et al., REPRODUCIBILITY OF THE ST-SEGMENT DEPRESSION HEART-RATE ANALYSIS OF THE EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC TEST IN ASYMPTOMATIC MIDDLE-AGED POPULATION, The American journal of cardiology, 79(10), 1997, pp. 1414
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:10<1414:ROTSDH>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The reproducibility of the ST-segment depression against heart race (S T/HR) hysteresis, ST/HR index, and end-exercise ST depression between the repeated exercise electrocardiographic tests were determined in 61 asymptomatic middle-aged subjects. The findings support the clinical utility of the ST/HR hysteresis, but it is noteworthy that the results also suggest that the magnitude of change in the exercise electrocard iographic variables, which has to be observed to make the clinician co nfident that a real diagnostic change has occurred, is surprisingly la rge.