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THE VALUE OF THE ATRIAL PACING TEST
Author(s) -
Brooks P. M.,
Cutforth Robeet
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87662.x
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , cardiology , medicine , test (biology) , mathematics , statistics , geology , paleontology
The atrial pacing test was performed on 62 subjects—10 fit medical students, 15 patients with proven coronary artery disease and 37 patients referred for the elucidation of equivocal chest pain. Forty‐nine of those studied were also subjected to a supine bicycle exercise test. The atrial pacing test appeared superior in regard to success rate, reproducibility and safety. Some disadvantages of both tests, hitherto ignored, are discussed. The phenomenon of the long P‐R interval occurring at medium pacing rates was seen more frequently in the normal subjects and in those patients without coronary artery disease, in contrast to previously published work.