ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:Treadmill testing is the most widely used method for evaluating patients with coronary artery disease. Predicting the left main coronary artery disease (LMCA) before invasive procedure is important in risk assessment because of its grave clinical outcome. Lead aVR can be very useful in identifying LMCAobstruction. It is also valuable lead not only in diagnosis but also predicting the prognosis. AIM: To examine whether STelevation in aVR during TMTcorrelates with LMCAdisease in coronary Angiogram METHOD: In this study 100 patients with positive TMT were included. The study group consisted of 60 patients with ST elevation of > 1mm in aVR. 40 patients also have TMT positive but with < 1mm of ST elevation in aVR is the control group. All patients underwent coronary angiography. RESULTS: Coronary Angiography in the study group revealed significant LMCA disease in 36 (63%) patients whereas no LMCA disease in control group 12 (20%) patients had ostioproximal LAD leisions in study group 4 (10%) patients in the control group. Triple vessel disease in 10 (17%) patients in study group 6 (15%) patients in control group. Since the p value was significant, ST Elevation in aVR during TMT strongly predicts the presence of LMCADisease. CONCLUSION: STsegment elevation in aVR > 1mm during Treadmill testing is a strong predictor of LMCAdisease