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Ravichandran L, Harless C, Shah AJ, Wick CA, Mcclellan JH, Tridandapani S. Novel Tool for Complete Digitization of Paper Electrocardiography Data. IEEE JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL ENGINEERING IN HEALTH AND MEDICINE-JTEHM 2013; 1. [PMID: 26594601 PMCID: PMC4652928 DOI: 10.1109/jtehm.2013.2262024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Objective: We present a Matlab-based tool to convert electrocardiography (ECG) information from paper charts into digital ECG signals. The tool can be used for long-term retrospective studies of cardiac patients to study the evolving features with prognostic value. Methods and procedures: To perform the conversion, we: 1) detect the graphical grid on ECG charts using grayscale thresholding; 2) digitize the ECG signal based on its contour using a column-wise pixel scan; and 3) use template-based optical character recognition to extract patient demographic information from the paper ECG in order to interface the data with the patients' medical record. To validate the digitization technique: 1) correlation between the digital signals and signals digitized from paper ECG are performed and 2) clinically significant ECG parameters are measured and compared from both the paper-based ECG signals and the digitized ECG. Results: The validation demonstrates a correlation value of 0.85–0.9 between the digital ECG signal and the signal digitized from the paper ECG. There is a high correlation in the clinical parameters between the ECG information from the paper charts and digitized signal, with intra-observer and inter-observer correlations of 0.8–0.9 \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA, and also with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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A randomized, placebo-controlled study of the effects of telcagepant on exercise time in patients with stable angina. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2012; 91:459-66. [PMID: 22278333 DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2011.246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Telcagepant is a calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist being evaluated for acute migraine treatment. CGRP is a potent vasodilator that is elevated after myocardial infarction, and it delays ischemia during treadmill exercise. We tested the hypothesis that CGRP receptor antagonism does not reduce treadmill exercise time (TET). The effects of supratherapeutic doses of telcagepant on TET were assessed in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, two-period, crossover study in patients with stable angina and reproducible exercise-induced angina. Patients received telcagepant (600 mg, n = 46; and 900 mg, n = 14) or placebo and performed treadmill exercise at T(max) (2.5 h after the dose). The hypothesis that telcagepant does not reduce TET was supported if the lower bound of the two-sided 90% confidence interval (CI) for the mean treatment difference (telcagepant-placebo) in TET was more than -60 s. There were no significant between-treatment differences in TET (mean treatment difference: -6.90 (90% CI: -17.66, 3.86) seconds), maximum exercise heart rate, or time to 1-mm ST-segment depression using pooled data or with stratification for dose.
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Stone PH, Chaitman BR, Stocke K, Sano J, DeVault A, Koch GG. The Anti-Ischemic Mechanism of Action of Ranolazine in Stable Ischemic Heart Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010; 56:934-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.04.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2009] [Revised: 03/12/2010] [Accepted: 04/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Chaitman BR, Ivleva AY, Ujda M, Lenis JHF, Toth C, Stieber DM, Reisin LH, Pangerl AM, Friedman JB, Lawrence JH. Antianginal efficacy of omapatrilat in patients with chronic angina pectoris. Am J Cardiol 2005; 95:1283-9. [PMID: 15904630 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.01.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2004] [Revised: 01/27/2005] [Accepted: 01/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition is not an effective antianginal therapy. Experimental data suggest that broader vasopeptidase inhibition may decrease the magnitude of demand-induced myocardial ischemia. A randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled parallel study evaluated omapatrilat, an inhibitor of angiotensin-converting enzyme and neutral endopeptidase. The primary objective was to compare maximum duration of exercise at peak plasma concentrations. Exercise treadmill studies were performed in 348 patients who had chronic angina at baseline and after 4 weeks of therapy with 80 mg/day omapatrilat or placebo. Safety data were collected and reported for all patients. Treadmill exercise duration at peak was significantly prolonged in the omapatrilat group compared with the placebo group (76.6 +/- 84.2 vs 28.7 +/- 82.2 seconds difference from baseline, p <0.001). Similar statistically significant increases were seen in time to onset of level III/IV angina and time to onset of >/=0.1-mV ST-segment depression (p <0.001). The significant improvements in exercise duration and measurements of myocardial ischemia were not sustained 20 to 28 hours after dosing. Omapatrilat was generally well tolerated in this predominantly normotensive population. The incidence of serious adverse events was 5.2% in the 2 groups. Thus, omapatrilat, an investigational vasopeptidase inhibitor, is effective in prolonging exercise duration and parameters of demand-induced myocardial ischemia in patients who have chronic angina at peak concentrations. The data confirm the proof of principle that broader vasopeptidase inhibition beyond angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition is required to alleviate symptoms of chronic angina.
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- Bernard R Chaitman
- Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63117, USA.
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Chaitman BR, Skettino SL, Parker JO, Hanley P, Meluzin J, Kuch J, Pepine CJ, Wang W, Nelson JJ, Hebert DA, Wolff AA. Anti-ischemic effects and long-term survival during ranolazine monotherapy in patients with chronic severe angina. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004; 43:1375-82. [PMID: 15093870 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.11.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 374] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2003] [Revised: 11/06/2003] [Accepted: 11/13/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The primary objective of the Monotherapy Assessment of Ranolazine In Stable Angina (MARISA) trial was to determine the dose-response relationship of ranolazine, a potentially new anti-anginal compound, on symptom-limited exercise duration. BACKGROUND Fatty acids rise precipitously in response to stress, including acute myocardial ischemia. Ranolazine is believed to partially inhibit fatty acid oxidation, shift metabolism toward carbohydrate oxidation, and increase the efficiency of oxygen use. METHODS Patients (n = 191) with angina-limited exercise discontinued anti-anginal medications and were randomized into a double-blind four-period crossover study of sustained-release ranolazine 500, 1,000, or 1,500 mg, or placebo, each administered twice daily for one week. Exercise testing was performed at the end of each treatment during both trough and peak ranolazine plasma concentrations. RESULTS Exercise duration at trough increased with ranolazine 500, 1,000, and 1,500 mg twice daily by 94, 103, and 116 s, respectively, all greater (p < 0.005) than the 70-s increase on placebo. Dose-related increases in exercise duration at peak and in times to 1 mm ST-segment depression at trough and peak and to angina at trough and peak were also demonstrated (all p < 0.005). Ranolazine had negligible effects on heart rate and blood pressure. One year survival rate combining data from the MARISA trial and its open-label follow-on study was 96.3 +/- 1.7%. CONCLUSIONS In chronic angina patients, ranolazine monotherapy was well tolerated and increased exercise performance throughout its dosing interval at all doses studied without clinically meaningful hemodynamic effects. One-year survival was not lower than expected in this high-risk patient population. This metabolic approach to treating myocardial ischemia may offer a new therapeutic option for chronic angina patients.
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- Bernard R Chaitman
- Core ECG Laboratory, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63117, USA.
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Stone PH, Krantz DS, McMahon RP, Goldberg AD, Becker LC, Chaitman BR, Taylor HA, Cohen JD, Freedland KE, Bertolet BD, Coughlan C, Pepine CJ, Kaufmann PG, Sheps DS. Relationship among mental stress-induced ischemia and ischemia during daily life and during exercise: the Psychophysiologic Investigations of Myocardial Ischemia (PIMI) study. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999; 33:1476-84. [PMID: 10334411 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00075-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purposes of this database study were to determine: 1) the relationship between mental stress-induced ischemia and ischemia during daily life and during exercise; 2) whether patients who exhibited daily life ischemia experienced greater hemodynamic and catecholamine responses to mental or physical stress than patients who did not exhibit daily life ischemia, and 3) whether patients who experienced daily life ischemia could be identified on the basis of laboratory-induced ischemia using mental or exercise stress testing. BACKGROUND The relationships between mental stress-induced ischemia in the laboratory and ischemia during daily life and during exercise are unclear. METHODS One hundred ninety-six stable patients with documented coronary disease and a positive exercise test underwent mental stress testing and bicycle exercise testing. Radionuclide ventriculography and electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring were performed during the mental stress and bicycle tests. Patients underwent 48 h of ambulatory ECG monitoring. Hemodynamic and catecholamine responses were obtained during mental stress and bicycle tests. RESULTS Ischemia (reversible left ventricular dysfunction or ST segment depression > or = 1 mm) developed in 106 of 183 patients (58%) during the mental stress test. There were no significant differences in clinical characteristics of patients with, compared with those without, mental stress-induced ischemia. Patients with mental stress ischemia more often had daily life ischemia than patients without mental stress ischemia, but their exercise tests were similar. Patients with daily life ischemia had higher ejection fraction and cardiac output, and lower systemic vascular resistance during mental stress than patients without daily life ischemia. Blood pressure and catecholamine levels at rest and during the mental stress tests were not different in patients with, compared with those without, daily life ischemia. Patients with daily life ischemia had a higher ejection fraction at rest and at peak bicycle exercise compared with patients without daily life ischemia, but there were no other differences in peak hemodynamic or catecholamine responses to exercise. The presence of ST segment depression during routine daily activities was best predicted by ST segment depression during mental or bicycle exercise stress, although ST segment depression was rare during mental stress. CONCLUSIONS Patients with daily life ischemia exhibit a heightened generalized response to mental stress. ST segment depression in response to mental or exercise stress is more predictive of ST segment depression during routine daily activities than other laboratory-based ischemic markers. Therapeutic management strategies might therefore focus on patients with these physiologic responses to stress and on whether lessening such responses reduces ischemia.
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- P H Stone
- Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Mickelson JK, Bates ER, Hartigan P, Folland ED, Parisi AF. Is computer interpretation of the exercise electrocardiogram a reasonable surrogate for visual reading? Veterans Affairs ACME Investigators. Clin Cardiol 1997; 20:391-7. [PMID: 9098601 PMCID: PMC6656253 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/1996] [Accepted: 11/20/1996] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Interpretation of exercise tests as positive or negative is primarily based upon exercise-induced ST segment changes. Consistently accurate measurements are difficult to obtain during exercise. HYPOTHESIS This study compared on-line computer-generated electrocardiographic (ECG) analysis with visual interpretation. The goals were to document the extent of agreement, establish reasons for disagreements, characterize ST-segment depression (extent, onset, duration), and determine the sensitivity and ability to localize coronary artery disease for each method. METHODS Comparisons were made in 120 patients at eight Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. An exercise test was considered positive if > 1.0 mm horizontal or downsloping ST-segment depression was detected 0.08 s after the J point during exercise or recovery. The ST-segment depression had to be present on at least two successive ECG recordings 15 s apart. Computer interpretation was based on median averaged beats. RESULTS There was an 88% agreement of visual and computer interpretations [106/120 (both positive, n = 62; both negative, n = 44)]. The disagreements involved visual negative, computer positive in 10 cases and visual positive, computer negative in 4 cases. Correlation was excellent between methods for characterization of ST-segment depression (p < 0.0001). Sensitivity for detecting and the ability to localize coronary artery disease (> or = 70% stenosis) were similar for both methods. CONCLUSION This computer algorithm using median averaged beats is a reasonable surrogate for visual interpretation of the exercise ECG, making it a valuable source of confirmation of physician readings in large research trials and in clinical settings.
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Chaitman BR, Zhou SH, Tamesis B, Rosen A, Terry AB, Zumbehl KM, Stocke K, Takase B, Gussak I, Rautaharju PM. Methodology of serial ECG classification using an adaptation of the NOVACODE for Q wave myocardial infarction in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI). J Electrocardiol 1996; 29:265-77. [PMID: 8913901 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-0736(96)80091-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Serial electrocardiographic (ECG) changes are a critical component of the diagnostic algorithm for classification of myocardial ischemic events in large-scale clinical trials. This study describes a computerized serial ECG classification program developed at the St. Louis University Core ECG Laboratory for use in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) trial, in which patients with multivessel coronary artery disease were randomized to receive either coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. The St. Louis University program detects and codes serial changes in Q, ST, and T wave items according to Minnesota code (MC) criteria using a modified NOVACODE hierarchical classification system. Measurements using a seven-power calibrated coding loupe are used to generate the MC from a customized software program. Significant minor or major changes are detected by the serial comparison program and referred to a physician coder for verification. Serial comparison coding rules are used to adjust for weaknesses in the standard MC classification system resulting from instability at decision boundaries. Of 4,244 BARI randomized and registry study participants with follow-up ECGs received at the Core ECG Laboratory as of March 1995, a grade 2 MC Q wave progression was noted in 568 participants (13.4%) using MC criteria alone, as compared with 367 (8.6%) after the St. Louis University coding rules were applied. The incidence of grade 1 MC Q wave progressions was 16.4% (697/4,244) versus 6.1% (259/4,244) when the St. Louis University program was applied. Intraobserver variability for grade 2 Q wave progression codes determined from a sample of 812 serial.
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- B R Chaitman
- St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, Missouri, USA
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Petrucci E, Ghiringhelli S, Balian V, Mainardi LT, Bertinelli M. Clinical evaluation of algorithms for ST measurement during exercise test. Clin Cardiol 1996; 19:248-52. [PMID: 8674265 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960190321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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HYPOTHESIS Computer processing of the exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) has many advantages, but the reliability of the analysis algorithms is not easily evaluable. No standard annotated database, nor recommended practice for testing and reporting performance results is available: thus, performance evaluation of such devices can be accomplished only by using a set of unannotated recordings, obtained in clinical practice. We evaluated the accuracy of an original microcomputer-based exercise test analyzer comparing the ST computer output with the measurements obtained by two experienced cardiologists. METHODS Six hundred ECG strips were randomly selected from the exercise test recordings of 60 patients. The ST shift (at J + 80 ms) was blindly assessed by two observers (with the aid of a calibrated lens) and compared with computer measurements. Correlation coefficients, linear regression equations, percent of discrepant measurements, and 95% confidence limits of the mean error were calculated for all leads, peripheral leads, precordial leads, and "stress-test" leads (II, III, aVF, V4, V5, V6). RESULTS The computer did not analyze five samples on a total of 600 (0.83%) ECG strips because of excessive noise or signal loss, while 51 (8.5%) were considered unreadable by both observers and 67 (11.2%) were rejected by at least one observer. Correlation between the measurements taken by computer and observer(s) measurements was statistically significant (p < 0.001 for all lead groups), no systematic measurement bias was found, and the mean difference was lower than human eye resolution. CONCLUSIONS Our algorithms provide results as good as those provided by trained cardiologists in measuring ST changes occurring during exercise test. However, this study did not evaluate whether computer improvement of the signal-to-noise ratio would allow accurate measurements even on cardiologists' uninterpretable ECG. This potential advantage of computer-assisted analysis could be assessed only by using a dedicated exercise test database, in which different patterns of noise are superimposed on noise-free recordings previously annotated for ST level.
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- E Petrucci
- Cardiology Service, Ospedale Bellini, Somma Lombardo (VA), Italy
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Chaitman BR, Stone PH, Knatterud GL, Forman SA, Sopko G, Bourassa MG, Pratt C, Rogers WJ, Pepine CJ, Conti CR. Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilot (ACIP) study: impact of anti-ischemia therapy on 12-week rest electrocardiogram and exercise test outcomes. The ACIP Investigators. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995; 26:585-93. [PMID: 7642847 DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00013-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This report from the Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilot (ACIP) study examines differences in the magnitude of reduction of myocardial ischemia as determined by exercise treadmill testing in patients randomized to three different treatment strategies: angina-guided medical therapy, ischemia-guided medical therapy and coronary revascularization. BACKGROUND No prospective randomized clinical trials in patients with exercise electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities and asymptomatic cardiac ischemia on ambulatory ECG monitoring have compared the impact of different treatment strategies, including coronary revascularization, in terms of reducing myocardial ischemia. METHODS The ACIP exercise protocol was used. Exercise variables measured included final exercise stage; presence of exercise-induced angina or ischemia; time to angina; time to 1-mm ST segment depression; number of exercise ECG leads with abnormalities; maximal depth of ST segment depression in any lead; sum of ST segment depression; ST/HR index; and rate-pressure product at time to angina, at time to 1-mm ST segment depression and at peak exertion. RESULTS Peak exercise time was increased by 0.5, 0.7 and 1.6 min in patients assigned to the angina-guided, ischemia-guided and coronary revascularization strategies, respectively, from the qualifying visit to the 12-week visit (p < 0.001). At the qualifying visit, the sum of exercise-induced ST segment depression was 9.4 +/- 5.0 (mean +/- SD), 9.6 +/- 4.7 and 9.9 +/- 5.5 mm (p = NS) in the three treatment strategies, respectively. At the 12-week visit, the sum of exercise-induced ST segment depression was 7.4 +/- 5.7, 6.8 +/- 5.3 and 5.6 +/- 5.6 mm (p = 0.02) in the three treatment strategies, respectively. Each treatment strategy resulted in a significant reduction in all exercise-induced variables of myocardial ischemia measured at 12 weeks. CONCLUSIONS Coronary revascularization significantly reduced the extent and frequency of exercise-induced myocardial ischemia compared with either medical strategy. The prognostic impact of these observations should be evaluated in a large-scale multicenter clinical trial.
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- B R Chaitman
- Division of Cardiology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, Missouri 63110-0250, USA
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Chaitman BR, McMahon RP, Terrin M, Younis LT, Shaw LJ, Weiner DA, Frederick MM, Knatterud GL, Sopko G, Braunwald E. Impact of treatment strategy on predischarge exercise test in the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) II Trial. Am J Cardiol 1993; 71:131-8. [PMID: 8421972 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90727-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Predischarge supine bicycle ergometry was used to assess persistent myocardial ischemia in postinfarction patients who received thrombolytic therapy and were randomized to an invasive versus conservative strategy in the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) II trial. The frequency of ischemic responses in both strategies, and the 1-year prognostic importance of the different exercise test outcomes were examined. At 14 days, the percentage of patients with any adverse outcome (including death, presence of exercise-induced ST-segment depression, or inability to perform the exercise test) was 33.7% of 1,681 randomly assigned to the invasive strategy compared with 34.6% of 1,658 randomly assigned to the conservative strategy (p = 0.57). The 1-year mortality was greater in patients who did not perform the predischarge exercise test (7.7%) than in those who did (1.8%) (p < 0.001); the former were older, and a greater proportion were women, had a more frequent history of myocardial infarction, and more extensive coronary artery disease (p < 0.01 for each comparison). The 1-year mortality in patients with exercise-induced ST-segment depression or chest pain was only 1.4% (3 of 22) among those randomly assigned to the conservative strategy where coronary angiography and revascularization were recommended if the test result was abnormal (relative risk compared with those without ST-segment depression or chest pain 0.6; 99% confidence interval 0.1 to 2.9).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- B R Chaitman
- TIMI Coordinating Center, Maryland Medical Research Institute, Inc., Baltimore 21210
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