The aim of this study was to analyze the dynamic changes of QT interval--heart rate relation during exercise, fitting their reciprocal variations to an exponential formula (QT = A - B.exp(-k.RR], in order to see whether diagnostic contributions might so be derived. The authors studied 139 patients who underwent a simultaneous assessment of regional myocardial perfusion and ventricular function by means of two injections of 99mTc-methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile at rest and at peak of a submaximal exercise test, using first pass radionuclide angiography with multielement gamma-camera and single photon emission computerized tomography, in order to detect and localize the presence of stress-induced myocardial ischemia. According to radionuclide results, patients were divided into three groups: group A, 7 individuals with no sign of stress-induced myocardial ischemia; group B, 79 patients with evidence of ischemia in 1 (16.5\%), 2 (65.5\%), or 3 (17.7\%) main coronary territories; and group C, 53 patients with previous infarction and evidence of ischemia in other territories. Conventional analysis of the exercise test (greater than or equal to 0.1 mV ST depression) showed a pathological response in no individual of group A, in 34 patients of group B (43\%), and in 27 patients of group C (50.9\%); overall sensitivity was 46.2\%, specificity 100\%, and diagnostic accuracy 48.9\%. Exponential coefficients A, B, and k showed wide overlap of values among the three groups, although a significant difference was present in mean k values between groups A and B (p less than 0.001), and group C (p less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Exponential fit of QT interval-heart rate relation during exercise used to diagnose stress-induced myocardial ischemia / M., Ciavolella; Puddu, Paolo Emilio; Schiariti, Michele Salvatore Maria; C., Ciani; E., Cerquetani; D., Scali; C., Giannitti; A., Reale. - In: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-0736. - 24:(1991), pp. 145-153. [10.1016/0022-0736(91)90005-7]

Exponential fit of QT interval-heart rate relation during exercise used to diagnose stress-induced myocardial ischemia.

PUDDU, Paolo Emilio;SCHIARITI, Michele Salvatore Maria;
1991

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the dynamic changes of QT interval--heart rate relation during exercise, fitting their reciprocal variations to an exponential formula (QT = A - B.exp(-k.RR], in order to see whether diagnostic contributions might so be derived. The authors studied 139 patients who underwent a simultaneous assessment of regional myocardial perfusion and ventricular function by means of two injections of 99mTc-methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile at rest and at peak of a submaximal exercise test, using first pass radionuclide angiography with multielement gamma-camera and single photon emission computerized tomography, in order to detect and localize the presence of stress-induced myocardial ischemia. According to radionuclide results, patients were divided into three groups: group A, 7 individuals with no sign of stress-induced myocardial ischemia; group B, 79 patients with evidence of ischemia in 1 (16.5\%), 2 (65.5\%), or 3 (17.7\%) main coronary territories; and group C, 53 patients with previous infarction and evidence of ischemia in other territories. Conventional analysis of the exercise test (greater than or equal to 0.1 mV ST depression) showed a pathological response in no individual of group A, in 34 patients of group B (43\%), and in 27 patients of group C (50.9\%); overall sensitivity was 46.2\%, specificity 100\%, and diagnostic accuracy 48.9\%. Exponential coefficients A, B, and k showed wide overlap of values among the three groups, although a significant difference was present in mean k values between groups A and B (p less than 0.001), and group C (p less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
1991
Coronary Disease; diagnosis/etiology/radionuclide imaging, Electrocardiography, Exercise Test, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Radionuclide Angiography, Sensitivity and Specificity
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Exponential fit of QT interval-heart rate relation during exercise used to diagnose stress-induced myocardial ischemia / M., Ciavolella; Puddu, Paolo Emilio; Schiariti, Michele Salvatore Maria; C., Ciani; E., Cerquetani; D., Scali; C., Giannitti; A., Reale. - In: JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-0736. - 24:(1991), pp. 145-153. [10.1016/0022-0736(91)90005-7]
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