title: Early detection of silent ischemia after bypass grafting.
abstract: Silent ischemia (SI) is one of the predictable factors for crises after coronary artery bypass grafting. During the last six months 31 consecutive patients (range of age fifty-one to seventy-one years) underwent twenty-four-hour electrocardiographic monitoring (Holter) in the second postoperative week under ambulatory hospital conditions (total time 750 hours). The patients were investigated by two-channel ST segment Holter (CM1CM5). The results of the analysis were controlled by two independent observers. Criteria for SI were horizontal or downslope ST depression greater than or equal to 1 mm greater than or equal to 1 minute. Five patients (16%) underwent two to eight SI crises/twenty-four hours (mean 4.3).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, General Hospital Evagelismos, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Exadactylos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fegos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spyropoulos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sionis
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Panagopoulos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsitouris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence