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Hirano Y, Yamamoto T, Uehara H, et al. Diagnosis of ischemic heart disease with exercise echocardiography: Comparison of images obtained at peak- and post-exercise. J Med Ultrason (2001). 2003;30(4):241-6doi: 10.1007/BF02481287.
Hirano, Y., Yamamoto, T., Uehara, H., Ozasa, Y., Yamada, S., Ikawa, H., & Ishikawa, K. (2003). Diagnosis of ischemic heart disease with exercise echocardiography: Comparison of images obtained at peak- and post-exercise. Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001), 30(4), 241-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481287
Hirano, Yutaka, et al. "Diagnosis of ischemic heart disease with exercise echocardiography: Comparison of images obtained at peak- and post-exercise." Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) vol. 30,4 (2003): 241-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481287
Hirano Y, Yamamoto T, Uehara H, Ozasa Y, Yamada S, Ikawa H, Ishikawa K. Diagnosis of ischemic heart disease with exercise echocardiography: Comparison of images obtained at peak- and post-exercise. J Med Ultrason (2001). 2003 Dec;30(4):241-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02481287. PMID: 27278411.
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J Med Ultrason (2001). 2003 Dec;30(4):241-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02481287.

Diagnosis of ischemic heart disease with exercise echocardiography: Comparison of images obtained at peak- and post-exercise.

Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001)

Yutaka Hirano, Tadahiko Yamamoto, Hisakazu Uehara, Yoshinao Ozasa, Satoru Yamada, Hiroshi Ikawa, Kinji Ishikawa

Affiliations

  1. First Department of Internal Medicine Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Onohigashi, Osakasayamashi, 589-8511, Osaka, Japan.

PMID: 27278411 DOI: 10.1007/BF02481287

Abstract

Peak-and post-exercise stress echocardiography were compared with respect to ability to detect coronary artery disease in 138 consecutive patients undergoing supine bicycle stress echocardiography. Sixty of these patients had single-vessel disease; 37, double-vessel disease; and 19, triple-vessel disease. Exercise was performed in the 20- to 30-degree left decubitus position on an echo-bed with an ergometer. Exercise started at 50 watts and was increased in 25-watt every 3 minutes and to a maximum of 150 watts. Two-dimensional echocardiographic images were digitized and assigned in a quad-screen format for nonbiased interpretation. Total wall motion score (TWMS) was the sum of the wall motion score, from normokinesis (0) to dyskinesis (4), of 16 segments. Image quality score index (IQSI) was the mean of the image quality scores in all views. All of the patients underwent coronary arteriography. Significant coronary stenosis was defined as≧75% stenosis of the large coronary arteries. Two-dimensional echocardiographic studies were adequate for analysis in 133 patients during the peak-exercise stage (peak-exercise) and in 137 patients 30 to 60 seconds after the end of exercise (post-exercise). TWMS at peak-exercise was higher than at post-exercise, while IQSI at peak-exercise was lower than at post-exercise. Sensitivity at peak-exercise versus that at post-exercise was 91% versus 79% (p<0.05); specificity, 76% versus 85%; and diagnostic accuracy, 88% versus 80% (p<0.05), respectively. We conclude that despite poor image quality on exercise echocardiography, better diagnostic accuracy was attained by assessing wall motion changes at peak-exercise than at post-exercise.

Keywords: coronary artery disease; exercise; stress echocardiography

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