title: Analysis methods to improve the diagnostic power of treadmill exercise stress testing in patients with suspected angina pectoris.
abstract: To assess the ability of 3 established analysis methods in exercise stress electrocardiography to non-invasively detect the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD), 67 consecutive patients who had typical angina, positive exercise stress electrocardiography (ST segment depression > or = 1 mm) and coronary arteriography were studied. Thirty-three patients had significant CAD, and 34 had normal coronary arteriograms. The results showed that the Treadmill Score Method, utilising both ST and non-ST segment variables, had the highest accuracy in predicting disease. The predictive power of all 3 methods was lower in females.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Department, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017566:Microvascular Angina / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors