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Contribution of the sT elevation/T-wave normalization in q-wave leads during routine, pre-discharge treadmill exercise test to patient management and risk stratification after acute myocardial infarction

A 2.5-year follow-up study

George Hahalis, MD^*, Christos Stathopoulos, MD^*, Dimitrios Apostolopoulos, MD, Pavlos Vasilakos, MD, Dimitrios Alexopoulos, MD, FESC, FACC^* and Antonis S. Manolis, MD, FESC, FACC^*,*

^* Department ofCardiologyRio, Patras, Greece
Department ofNuclear Medicine, Patras University Medical School, Rio, Patras, Greece

View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Flow chart of the total number of eligible patients categorized into those who finally participated in the current study and those who were excluded from enrollment into the study. ET = exercise test.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Comparative accuracy of ST-segment elevation and T-wave normalization (TWN) in identifying patients with echocardiographically viable (solid bars) or scar tissue (open bars). Stel+ = patients with exercise-induced ST elevation.

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier curves of survival and event-free survival in patients with and without ST elevation (ST el) or T-wave normalization (TWN) at peak-exercise on pre-discharge treadmill testing.