August 23, 1971JAMA

Exercise tests. A survey of procedures, safety, and litigation experience in approximately 170,000 tests

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Population

170,000 exercise stress tests performed in 73 medical centers. Active cardiac disease precluded testing.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

Discussion

Reassures on exercise stress testing safety in practice; extends prior benchmarks but leaves open contemporary subgroup risks.

Population

170,000 exercise stress tests performed in 73 medical centers. Active cardiac disease precluded testing.

Intervention

Exercise stress testing

Outcome

Techniques, safety (mortality and morbidity), and litigation experiencesafety

Exercise stress testing is a safe procedure with a very low mortality rate of approximately 1 per 10,000 tests.

Paul Rochmis (1971) studied this question.

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