title: Reproducibility of the ST-segment depression/heart rate analysis of the exercise electrocardiographic test in asymptomatic middle-aged population.
abstract: The reproducibility of the ST-segment depression against heart rate (ST/HR) hysteresis, ST/HR index, and end-exercise ST depression between the repeated exercise electrocardiographic tests were determined in 61 asymptomatic middle-aged subjects. The findings support the clinical utility of the ST/HR hysteresis, but it is noteworthy that the results also suggest that the magnitude of change in the exercise electrocardiographic variables, which has to be observed to make the clinician confident that a real diagnostic change has occurred, is surprisingly large.
authors.affiliation: Ragnar Granit Institute, Tampere University of Technology, Finland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lehtinen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sievanen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Viik
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vuori
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malmivuo
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results