title: Body surface potential mapping--the application in men from the twenty years lasting epidemiological study.
abstract: Body surface potential mapping (BSPM) enables to obtain more information about local changes of the heart electrical field then classical electrocardiography makes it possible. We performed this non-invasive diagnostic method in the group of 108 men in the frame of the primary preventive study of the risk factors of atherosclerosis. The findings of BSPM were compared to the selective coronary angiography. The study was started in the years 1976-1979 in the district Prague 2. Out of 2370 invited middle-aged men, 1419 took part in the study. 937 men (66.0%) were affected by one or more risk factors of atherosclerosis. No statistical significance was found in regard to the number and the level of risk factors of atherosclerosis between the groups of patients with different findings on the coronary angiography. Nevertheless, the method of BSPM is a very useful in epidemiological studies of atherosclerosis, namely with coronary localization, in clinical practice, and in the biomedical research too.
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology-Cardio Institute of Computer Science AS CR, 2nd Dept of Internal Medicine General Faculty Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. tomeckova@euromise.cz
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomecková
authors.forename: Frantisek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boudík
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aschermann
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zvárová
authors.forename: Zdenĕk
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Anger
authors.forename: Zuzana
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Stanovská
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D018780:Body Surface Potential Mapping; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors