Abstract

R wave amplitude changes during stress testing were validated in 12 ischemic patients with normal coronary angiograms. The data were compared with findings obtained from 10 patients with clinical and angiographic evidence of coronary arterial disease and 10 normal controls. An abnormal R wave amplitude response occurred in 83.3% of the group with normal coronary angiography, in 80% of the group of patients with clinical and angiographic evidence of coronary arterial disease, and in only 10% of the control group. The similarity of R wave amplitude changes in the first two group suggests that these changes are related to ischemia. If so, then R wave amplitude response to exercise could be of value in the electrocardiographic diagnosis of ischemia in patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries.

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