Why the study?
Does routine screening with exercise testing improve life expectancy in healthy persons?
Population
Healthy persons, specifically modeled for 60-year-old men at average risk, men with no risk factors, women…
Comparison
Routine screening with exercise testing vs No routine screening
Design
Other
Authors
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Routine screening yields minimal survival gains in healthy adults; leaves open any targeted role pending higher-level evidence.
Does routine screening with exercise testing improve life expectancy in healthy persons?
Routine exercise testing for coronary artery disease screening in healthy persons provides minimal life expectancy benefit and is not justified.
Harold C. Sox (1989) studied this question.
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