title: [Does ST-elevation in stress ECG depend on the extent of collateral circulation?].
abstract: As a possible cause of exercise-induced ST-elevation in patients without myocardial infarction, a poor or absent coronary circulation to the poststenotic coronary segment was postulated. To check this thesis, we examined 10 patients (pts.) with ST-elevation, respectively, ST-depression and comparable coronary status (coronary score 12 vs. 12; mean stenosis diameter 86 vs. 85%) and exercise parameters (work load 150 vs. 137.5 Watts; exercise duration 2.8 vs 3.5 min) with regard to their collateral circulation. In the group with ST-elevation there were nine pts. with severe proximal stenosis of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and one pt. with a stenosis in the middle third of the right coronary artery. The 10 patients with ST-depression had a proximal stenosis in the LAD. The extent of the angiographically seen collaterals was equal in both groups. As a result, this study demonstrates that the size of the collateral circulation has no influence on the exercise-induced ST-elevation. The most plausible cause of exercise-induced ST-elevation is a functional decrease of the lumen of a severe stenosis.
authors: Abteilung für Kardiologie, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt am Main.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Bettinger
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Wendt
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Klepzig
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Kaltenbach
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Hängt die ST-Hebung im Belastungs-EKG vom Ausmass der Kollateralisierung ab?