[Intravenous isoproterenol administration for diagnosing ischemic heart disease in women: a comparison with the data from bicycle ergometry and selective coronary angiography].

The significance of the test with intravenous injection of isoproterenol in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CHD) was evaluated in comparison with the clinical, bicycle ergometry and selective coronarography data obtained in 65 women. Twenty-four patients presented with stenosing coronary atherosclerosis and 41 patients had normal coronary arteries. On the use of the electrocardiographic signs of myocardial ischemia the sensitivity of the isoproterenol test in the diagnosis of hemodynamically appreciable coronary atherosclerosis was 74%, the specificity 78%. The sensitivity and specificity of bicycle ergometry were 66 and 90%, respectively.