Why the study?
Does the presence of anxiety or depression associate with higher rates of myocardial ischemia during exercise testing in women compared to men?
Does the presence of anxiety or depression associate with higher rates of myocardial ischemia during exercise testing in women compared to men?
Anxiety is associated with a higher likelihood of objective myocardial ischemia during stress testing in women without a history of CAD, suggesting anxiety symptoms may mask underlying ischemic heart disease in this population.
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Anxiety may mask ischemia in women without CAD; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Paine et al. (2016) studied this question.
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