title: Improved criteria for localization of coronary artery disease from the exercise electrocardiogram.
abstract: To derive better criteria for the noninvasive localization of coronary artery disease, a 12-lead computer-averaged rest and exercise electrocardiogram was examined in 44 selected patients (34 men, 10 women) with single-vessel disease who had an exercise test positive for ischemia by established criteria. Left anterior descending disease was characterized by S-T segment elevation (> or = 0.05 mV) in lead V1 [sensitivity (S) 71%, specificity (Sp) 100%], a T wave amplitude increase in V1 (S 88%, Sp 73%) and a leftward shift or no change in mean frontal plane QRS axis (AQRS; S 92%, Sp 93%). Patients with circumflex or right coronary artery disease had no S-T segment elevation in V1 and a rightward shift in the mean frontal plane AQRS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Halon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mevorach
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodeanu
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012107:Research Design