Exercise body surface potential mapping in single and multiple coronary artery disease

Journal Article · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Chest; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.97.6.1333· OSTI ID:6717507

Montague, T J; Witkowski, F X; Miller, R M; Johnstone, D E; MacKenzie, R B; Spencer, C A; Horacek, B M ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton (Canada)

Body surface ST integral maps were recorded in 36 coronary artery disease (CAD) patients at: rest; peak, angina-limited exercise; and, 1 and 5 min of recovery. They were compared to maps of 15 CAD patients who exercised to fatigue, without angina, and eight normal subjects. Peak exercise heart rates were similar (NS) in all groups. With exercise angina, patients with two and three vessel CAD had significantly (p less than 0.05) greater decrease in the body surface sum of ST integral values than patients with single vessel CAD. CAD patients with exercise fatigue, in the absence of angina, had decreased ST integrals similar (NS) to patients with single vessel CAD who manifested angina and the normal control subjects. There was, however, considerable overlap among individuals; some patients with single vessel CAD had as much exercise ST integral decrease as patients with three vessel CAD. All CAD patients had persistent ST integral decreases at 5 min of recovery and there was a direct correlation of the recovery and peak exercise ST changes. Exercise ST changes correlated, as well, with quantitative CAD angiographic scores, but not with thallium perfusion scores. These data suggest exercise ST integral body surface mapping allows quantitation of myocardium at ischemic risk in patients with CAD, irrespective of the presence or absence of ischemic symptoms during exercise. A major potential application of this technique is selection of CAD therapy guided by quantitative assessment of ischemic myocardial risk.

• OSTI ID: 6717507
• Journal Information: Chest; (USA), Vol. 97:6; ISSN 0012-3692
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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