CONTEXT Older patients with depression and executive dysfunction represent a population with significant disability and a high likelihood of failing pharmacotherapy. OBJECTIVES To examine whether problem-solving therapy (PST) reduces disability more than does supportive therapy (ST) in older patients with depression and executive dysfunction and whether this effect is mediated by improvement ...

The aim of this study in 341 men (aged 68 years) without history of ischemic heart disease was to study the relation between hypertension and silent ischemic-type ST segment depression during ambulatory long-term electrocardiographic recording and to assess the influence between these two variables on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality rates. Seventy-nine men (23%) demonstrated one or more ...

Eight patients with coronary heart disease were studied during two periods of exercise separated by 30 min of rest; workload was increased in a stepwise fashion every minute of exercise up to a level that produced limiting symptoms of angina, fatigue, or dyspnea. The magnitude of ST-segment depression and the central aortic pressure were measured during exercise and recovery periods, and myocar...

BACKGROUND Exercise treadmill test is interpreted as positive or negative for ischemia in the presence or absence of ST depression respectively. This study was conducted to evaluate the diagnostic value of chest pain without ST depression during exercise treadmill test. METHODS A total of 180 patients who had abnormal exercise treadmill test result and subsequently underwent coronary angiogra...

OBJECTIVES To measure the distribution of electrocardiographic ST segment depression, and evaluate its relationships with cardiovascular risk factors based on the cross-sectional studies within a rural Korean community. METHODS This study analyzed 1,343 persons, over 40 years old, who participated in a baseline survey during 2002-2005; the exclusion criteria included: a past history of myocar...

AIMS We sought to determine whether the extent of myocardial ischaemia on the admission electrocardiogram (ECG) has independent predictive value for short-term risk stratification of patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS). Although the presence of ischaemic ECG changes on admission has been shown to predict outcome, the relationship between the extent of ECG ...

The aim of this study in 341 men (aged 68 years) without history of ischemic heart disease was to study the relation between hypertension and silent ischemic-type ST segment depression during ambulatory long-term electrocardiographic recording and to assess the influence between these two variables on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality rates. Seventy-nine men (23%) demonstrated one or more ...

The aim of this study in 341 men (aged 68 years) without history of ischemic heart disease was to study the relation between hypertension and silent ischemic-type ST segment depression during ambulatory long-term electrocardiographic recording and to assess the influence between these two variables on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality rates. Seventy-nine men (23%) demonstrated one or more ...

To determine whether dipyridamole infusion can be used as an alternative method to physical exercise, 87 lead body surface mapping was performed to compare the distribution patterns of ST-segment depression after 0.568 mg/kg/4 min dipyridamole infusion (D) and after submaximal treadmill exercise (T) in 21 patients with coronary artery disease. Significant ST-segment depression (greater than or ...

BACKGROUND Lead V(1) directly faces the right ventricle and may exhibit ST elevation during an acute inferior myocardial infarction when the right ventricle is also involved. Leads V(1) and V(3) indirectly face the posterolateral left ventricle, and ST depression ("mirror-image" ST elevation) in V(1) through V(3) may reflect concomitant posterolateral infarction. The prognostic significance of ...