Exercise Testing in Variant Angina William H. Gaasch, M.D. CHEST Volume 74, Issue 6, Pages 612-614 (December 1978) DOI: 10.1378/chest.74.6.612 Copyright © 1978 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 1 Electrocardiograms obtained at rest and during exercise test from patient with variant angina. Marked ST-segment elevation was present in lead aVF during spontaneous angina (left); there was no change in S-T segment during exercise test (right). CHEST 1978 74, 612-614DOI: (10.1378/chest.74.6.612) Copyright © 1978 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
FIGURE 2 Results of exercise testing and coronary arteriograms in 96 patients with variant angina. Circles indicate patients from studies reviewed by Weiner and associates,1 squares represent four patients of Weiner et al,1 and triangles represent five previously unreported cases of variant angina from our institution. ST-segment depression during exercise testing is extremely rare in patients with variant angina and normal coronary arteriograms. CHEST 1978 74, 612-614DOI: (10.1378/chest.74.6.612) Copyright © 1978 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions