Key result
Ergospirometric testing provokes a life-threatening vagal reaction in a healthy 35-year-old male.
Why the study?
Exercise tests, while widely used for ischemic heart disease detection and cardiovascular fitness evaluation, carry risks including severe postexercise vagal reactions in untrained vagotonic individuals.
Case Report (n=1)
Exercise tests can induce severe, potentially life-threatening vagal reactions in untrained individuals during the early recovery period.
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May warrant extended post-test monitoring for vagal reactions; case report leaves open incidence and risk stratification.
Zwi Schlesinger (1973) conducted a case report in Vagal reaction (n=1). Ergospirometric examination (physical fitness test) was evaluated on Vagal reaction. A healthy 35-year-old male physician experienced a life-threatening vagal reaction following an ergospirometric examination for cardiovascular fitness.
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