February 16, 1963BMJOpen Access

Latent Coronary Heart Disease Detected by Electrocardiogram Before and After Exercise

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Why the study?

Does exercise electrocardiogram detect latent coronary heart disease before the onset of symptoms in asymptomatic men?

Population

660 men selected from 682 R.A.F. volunteers, with no clinical or radiological evidence of heart disease and…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

four to seven years

Authors

ARA. RumballDeer Lodge Centre EAE.D. AchesonThe University of Western Australia

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Implication

Exercise ECG screening for latent CHD in asymptomatic men remains unproven; leaves open need for randomized outcome trials.

Structured PICO

Does exercise electrocardiogram detect latent coronary heart disease before the onset of symptoms in asymptomatic men?

Population

660 men (aged 19 to 55 years) selected from 682 R.A.F. volunteers, with no clinical or radiological evidence of heart disease and a diastolic blood-pressure below 100 mm. Hg.

Intervention

Standard 12-lead E.C.G. followed by exercise (running down and up 66 steps each 10 in. high) and repeated E.C.G. recordings at 1, 3, and 6 minutes post-exercise.

Outcome

Detection of coronary heart disease before the onset of symptoms

This historical cohort study evaluated the use of exercise electrocardiography for the early detection of latent coronary heart disease in asymptomatic men.

Cite This Study

Rumball et al. (1963) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87c577f455bdf6826c8814 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.5328.423

Topics

Coronary artery disease

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