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ArticleScientific reports2019

Changes in ventricular depolarisation vectors during exercise caused by regional myocardial ischaemia.

Cameruddin W Vellani, Satwat Hashmi, Sadia Mahmud, Mohammad Yusuf, Safia Awan, Khawar Kazmi

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Cameruddin W VellaniSection of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan. camer.vellani@aku.edu.
Satwat HashmiDepartment of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
Sadia MahmudDepartment of Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
Mohammad YusufDepartment of Radiology, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
Safia AwanDepartment of Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
Khawar KazmiDepartment of Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
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Abstract

Research at the Aga Khan University for several years has been directed to find a reliable, low-cost, portable, non-invasive method for identification of coronary artery disease, its location and extent. A new method has been devised to measure the magnitude and direction of cardiac electrical vectors in three perpendicular planes during physical exercise to identify reduction in myocardial excitability as the electrophysiological marker of hypoxia. This report shows that changes in electrical forces due to exercise-induced regional hypoxia serve as indicators of reversible myocardial ischaemia. Changes in the magnitude and direction of vectors at stages of the Bruce protocol were measured in healthy volunteers, and patients undergoing the same exercise protocol for distribution of a radioactive tracer injected intravenously at peak exercise and after recovery (myocardial perfusion scan). Alterations in the magnitude and direction of resultant vectors during exercise were scored to enable analysis. Analysis identified slow progression of myocardial depolarisation as the electrophysiological marker of regional hypoxia relative to physical work. Compared with myocardial perfusion scan the sensitivity and specificity of electrical vectors for identification of ischaemia were 88% and 71%, respectively. Accuracy of ischaemia shown by electrical vectors is being assessed in patients undergoing elective coronary angiography.

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ExerciseAction PotentialsAdultAgedElectrocardiographyFemaleHeart RateHeart VentriclesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial IschemiaVentricular Premature Complexes

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