Why the study?
Does terminating a symptom-limited exercise ECG-test exclusively because of impaired breathing predict long-term mortality in apparently healthy men?
Population
2014 apparently healthy men aged 40-59, free from somatic diseases and not using drugs
Comparison
Terminating a symptom-limited exercise ECG-test… vs Terminating the exercise test because of defined…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
26 years
Authors
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May flag higher long-term mortality risk during exercise testing in healthy men; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does terminating a symptom-limited exercise ECG-test exclusively because of impaired breathing predict long-term mortality in apparently healthy men?
Terminating an exercise test solely due to impaired breathing is an independent predictor of long-term CHD, pulmonary, and all-cause mortality in healthy men.
Bodegård et al. (2005) studied this question.
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