Asystole Following Treadmill Exercise in a Man Without Organic Heart Disease
Key result
Maximal treadmill testing elicits an 11-second vagally mediated asystole in a man without organic heart disease.
- n=1
Why the study?
Vagally mediated complications such as asystole following treadmill exercise in persons without apparent organic heart disease may be life-threatening and are not well characterized.
Study Design
Type
Case Report (n=1)
Structured PICO
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Population
A 52-year-old man without evidence of organic heart disease who experienced asystole following a maximal treadmill test.
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Exposure
Maximal treadmill test
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Outcome
Asystole following exercise
Vagally mediated complications such as asystole can occur after treadmill exercise in patients without apparent heart disease and may be reproducible.
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Implication
May warrant caution with post-exercise monitoring in select patients; leaves open prevalence, reproducibility, and need for intervention.
Cite This Study
Jerome L. Fleg (1983) conducted a case report in Asystole following treadmill exercise (n=1). Maximal treadmill test was evaluated on Asystole. A maximal treadmill test elicited an 11-second episode of asystole in a 52-year-old man without apparent organic heart disease, demonstrating potentially life-threatening vagally mediated complications.