PMID- 20303605
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20101210
LR  - 20100823
IS  - 1874-1754 (Electronic)
IS  - 0167-5273 (Linking)
VI  - 143
IP  - 2
DP  - 2010 Aug 20
TI  - The impact of novel exercise criteria and indices for the diagnostic and 
      prognostic ability of exercise testing.
PG  - 119-23
LID - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.02.033 [doi]
AB  - Exercise testing (ET) stands as one of the most easy, affordable, cost effective, 
      non invasive methods for diagnosing coronary heart disease. Its sensitivity, 
      specificity and prognostic value, especially in the prime era of its 
      implementation in the cardiac diagnostic procedure, is relatively limited. Novel 
      exercise criteria and indices based either on ST segment changes or ST segment 
      independent parameters, such as "Athens QRS score", have greatly improved the 
      diagnostic ability and accuracy of ET. Complex ECG-derived indices linked to ST 
      changes along with the use of right-sided precordial leads have also enhanced the 
      diagnostic accuracy of ET with respect to the extent of ischemic heart disease 
      and the detection of specific culprit vessels. ET contains also a prognostic 
      value, since several ET-derived parameters have been associated with adverse 
      outcome, including ST changes, blood pressure and heart rate response to exercise 
      and duration of exercise.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Michaelides, Andreas P
AU  - Michaelides AP
AD  - Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Hippokration Hospital, Athens, 
      Greece. michaelides@freemail.gr
FAU - Tousoulis, Dimitris
AU  - Tousoulis D
FAU - Raftopoulos, Leonidas G
AU  - Raftopoulos LG
FAU - Antoniades, Charalambos
AU  - Antoniades C
FAU - Tsiachris, Dimitris
AU  - Tsiachris D
FAU - Stefanadis, Christodoulos I
AU  - Stefanadis CI
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20100319
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Int J Cardiol
JT  - International journal of cardiology
JID - 8200291
SB  - IM
MH  - Coronary Artery Disease/*diagnosis
MH  - Exercise Test/*methods/*standards
MH  - Humans
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
EDAT- 2010/03/23 06:00
MHDA- 2010/12/14 06:00
CRDT- 2010/03/23 06:00
PHST- 2009/10/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/01/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2010/02/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/03/23 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/03/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/12/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0167-5273(10)00100-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.02.033 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Cardiol. 2010 Aug 20;143(2):119-23. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.02.033. Epub 
      2010 Mar 19.