Consensus Opinion and Observer Accuracy in Electrocardiography with Reference to Coronary Arteriographic Information
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 6 (5) , 429-432
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1976.tb03029.x
Abstract
In this study reader performance in resting electrocardiographic (ECG) reading and case summary interpretation was investigated. Eight cardiologists were asked to read independently 105 paired ECG--Case summary sheets on either two or four occasions. The order of ECG--Case summary inspection for each sheet was randomized over trials. The results show low levels of inter- and intra-reader reliability when physicians report on ECG traces. Reference to coronary arteriographic information confirms that the resting ECG has limited utility in the detection of coronary artery disease.Keywords
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