Continuous electrocardiographic recording during exercise in young male diabetics. A computer study. Issue 3 (March 1975)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Campbell, I W; McGarry, S; Smith, D N; Neilson, J M; Clarke, B F
• Is Part Of: Heart. Volume 37:Issue 3(1975)
• Page Start: 277
• Page End: 281
• Publication Date: 1975-03
• Subjects: Heart -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Cardiology -- Periodicals; 616.12
• DOI: 10.1136/hrt.37.3.277
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-6037

Abstract

Abstract : Forty selected young patients with diabetes of medium to long duration and 26 control subjects without clinical evidence of ischaemic heart disease were studied using a new and sensitive technique of electrocardiographic recording during exercise with continuous computation of the time course of the ST-T segment changes to detect possible early ST depression indicative of ischaemia. Although no such evidence was found, significant differences in the diabetics were observed in the heart rate and ST-T segment, the latter changes having not been previously reported but which may be attributed to ischaemia or alternatively to autonomic neuropathy in the "presymptomatic" phase.