The prognostic significance of serial exercise testing after myocardial infarction.
Why the study?
Does serial treadmill exercise testing predict subsequent cardiac events in males 3 weeks after acute myocardial infarction?
Population
200 males without clinical heart failure or unstable angina pectoris 3 weeks after acute myocardial…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
2 years
Authors
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Implication
Serial exercise testing may identify post-MI patients at risk for arrest or recurrent events; leaves open whether it improves outcomes in contemporary cohorts.
Structured PICO
Does serial treadmill exercise testing predict subsequent cardiac events in males 3 weeks after acute myocardial infarction?
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Population
200 males (mean age 53 years) without clinical heart failure or unstable angina pectoris 3 weeks after acute myocardial infarction (MI).
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Intervention
Serial treadmill exercise testing (mean 5.5 tests/patient) performed between 3 and 52 weeks after MI.
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Outcome
Subsequent cardiac events (cardiac arrest, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or recurrent myocardial infarction) within 2 years of infarction.hard clinical
Serial exercise testing after myocardial infarction provides prognostic value, with early ischemia predicting fatal events and later arrhythmias predicting nonfatal events.
Cite This Study
Sami et al. (1979) studied this question.