Detection of silent myocardial ischemia patients by the spatial velocity electrocardiogram

Authors
Sasaki, A Arai, T Shigeta, H Ibukiyama, C
Citation
A. Sasaki et al., Detection of silent myocardial ischemia patients by the spatial velocity electrocardiogram, AM J CARD, 84(9), 1999, pp. 1081
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029149 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
9
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(19991101)84:9<1081:DOSMIP>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
This study was designed to detect patients with type I silent myocardial is chemia (SMI) at rest by assessing the symmetry of the electrocardiographic (ECG) T wave using the spatial velocity electrocardiogram (SVECG). In this study, the ECG T waves in patients with SMI were symmetric compared with th ose in nor mal subjects, and the the c/a ratio in the SVECG-T wave as the i ndex of degree of symmetry of the ECG T wave enabled us to diagnose 73% of these patients; the c/a ratio in the SVECG T wave was a useful index; for d etecting patients with type I SMI at rest.