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CHAPTER SIX. Interpretation of Clinical Test Data Posttest probability of disease is determined by pretest probability and the probability of the test providing a true result Pretest probability determined mainly by angina but also by major risk factors
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CHAPTER SIX • Interpretation of Clinical Test Data • Posttest probability of disease is determined by pretest probability and the probability of the test providing a true result • Pretest probability determined mainly by angina but also by major risk factors • Exercise testing in the apparently healthy not recommended
INTERPRETING THE DATA • Purpose of the test and patient conditions including medications and resting ECG abnormalities • Objectives of exercise testing address : exercise tolerance, max VO2, hemodynamics (HR, BP), changes associated with electrical functions of heart and limiting signs or symptoms
WHAT DETERMINES MAXIMAL EFFORT? • Failure of HR to increase with increase in exercise • Plateau in oxygen consumption--hard to determine • Lactic acid measure of > 8 mmol • RPE > 17 ( 6-20 scale)
HR and BP RESPONSE • Inability to appropriately increase HR and/or delayed decrease in recovery HR usually indicate heart disease and impact prognosis • Drop or failure to increase SBP with increasing exercise is abnormal • Normal postexercise SBP presents as a progressive decline with a greater drop during passive recovery
ABNORMAL BP RESPONES • SBP greater than 250 mmHg is criteria for test termination • DBP greater than 114 mmHg (115 mmHg in book) is criteria for test termination
MORE • RPP= SBP X HR represent myocardial oxygen consumption--ischemia happens at a reproducible product • Increase of DBP > 10 mmHg questionable as to disease • Some medications make BP responses hard to evaluate
ECG WAVEFORMS • Test 2 – You’ll need to know PQRST and be able to determine HR from an ECG strip
DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF EXERCISE TESTING • To detect for CAD • Sensitivity • Specificity • Prevalence • Predictive value--positive and negative
SENSITIVITY • Refers to the percent of patients that have disease and test positive for disease= true positive test • A false negative test fails to identify a patient with disease • See box 6-3 for causes leading to false negative tests
SENSITIVITY • Test sensitivity is decreased by failure to reach maximum stress, meds, and poor ECG monitoring • Using the correct precordial leads increase sensitivity
SPECIFICITY • The percent of patients considered normal that present with negative tests=true negative-see box 6-4 for causes for FP • A false positive test incorrectly identifies a person as having disease when they do not • Sensitivity and Specificity of exercise testing vary based on patient selection, test protocols, and ECG criteria for CAD • Sensitivity=68% and Specificity=77%
PREDICTIVE VALUE • Predictive value measures how accurately a test result identifies a person with or without disease • Predictive value is driven by disease prevalence in the population under study