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Exercise stress echocardiography in the identification of coronary artery disease in the elderly with chronotropic incompetence.

Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (impact factor: 1.32). 08/2007; 89(2):100-6, 111-8. pp.100-6, 111-8
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ABSTRACT Chronotropic incompetence (CTI) is frequent in elderly patients and may limit the role of the exercise test in the identification of coronary artery disease (CAD) in this population.
To assess the value of CTI in an elderly population in the diagnosis of CAD.
A total of 3,308 patients were studied, 804 were elderly individuals (age > 65 years) who underwent exercise stress echocardiography (ESE). Based on the heart rate (HR) reached during the exercise test, were divided into two groups: G1 150 patients who did not reach 85% of the age-predicted HR, and G2 654 patients who did. The groups were compared to clinical characteristics, segmental left ventricular contractility rate (WMSI) and coronary angiography (CAG).
Clinical characteristics were similar between the groups. WMSI was higher in G1 than in G2, both at rest (1.09 +/- 0.21 versus 1.04 +/- 0.15) and after exercise (1.15 +/- 0.29 versus 1.08 +/- 0.2) (p < 0.001). Abnormalities in wall contractility were more frequent in G1 than in G2 (55% versus 37%; p < 0.05), thus suggesting that elderly with CTI have a higher frequency of CAD. CAG was performed in 69% ESE positive for myocardial ischemia. In the G1 group, 91% of the ESE were true positive versus 84.5% in G2, that is, presence of obstructive coronary artery disease (> 50%).
CTI is associated with a higher frequency of contractile alterations in the elderly population and adds a positive predictive value to ESE in the identification of patients with obstructive CAD.

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    Article: Chronotropic incompetence and a higher frequency of myocardial ischemia in exercise echocardiography.
    Joselina L M Oliveira, Thiago J S Góes, Thaiana A Santana, Thiago F Travassos, Lívia D Teles, Fernando D Anjos-Andrade, Adão C Nascimento-Júnior, Erica O Alves, Martha A Barreto, José A Barreto-Filho, Argemiro D'Oliveira, Antônio C S Sousa
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    ABSTRACT: Exercise echocardiography (EE) is an established method to diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD). Chronotropic incompetence (CI) during the EE may be a marker of myocardial ischemia. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the additive value of CI during EE in CAD diagnosis. Between 2000 and 2006, 4042 patients (1900 men with a mean age of 56 +/- 11 years) were evaluated by EE. Based on the heart rate (HR) reached during the exercise test, the subjects were divided into two groups: G1 group - 490 patients who failed to achieve 85% of the maximal age-predicted HR, and G2 group - 3552 patients who were able to achieve 85% of the maximal age-predicted HR. Clinical characteristics, left ventricular wall motion abnormalities - wall motion score index (WMSI) - and coronary angiography (CA) were the parameters compared between the two groups. The left ventricular wall motion abnormalities were more frequent in G1 group than in G2 group (54% versus 26%; P < 0.00001). WMSI was higher in G1 group than in G2 group, both at rest (1.06 +/- 0.17 versus 1.02 +/- 0.09; P < 0.0001) and after exercise (1.12 +/- 0.23 versus 1.04 +/- 0.21; P < 0.0001). In G1 group, 82% of the patients with positive EE for myocardial ischemia presented obstructive coronary, compared to 71% (P = 0.03) in G2 group. CI is associated with a higher frequency of myocardial ischemia during EE, reinforcing the concept that CI is a marker of the severity of myocardial ischemia.
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Keywords

69% ESE positive
 
age-predicted HR
 
CAG
 
Chronotropic incompetence
 
Clinical characteristics
 
coronary angiography
 
coronary artery disease
 
elderly patients
 
elderly population
 
exercise stress echocardiography
 
exercise test
 
G1 group
 
heart rate
 
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HR
 
myocardial ischemia
 
obstructive CAD
 
obstructive coronary artery disease
 
positive predictive value
 
ventricular contractility rate
 

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