Key result
Work capacity, LV impairment, and heart volume correlate with cardiac death in men under 40 post-MI.
Why the study?
The prognostic value of exercise test results and non-invasive evaluations in men under 40 years with recent transmural myocardial infarction was unclear.
Do exercise tests and non-invasive approaches predict cardiac death in young men post-myocardial infarction?
Population
555 men under 40 years with recent transmural myocardial infarction
Comparison
Exercise test and non-invasive prognostic evaluation results
Design
Follow-up cohort study
Follow-up
Mean 3.6 years
Authors
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May support risk stratification in young post-MI men; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Cohort (n=555)
Do exercise tests and non-invasive approaches predict cardiac death in young men post-myocardial infarction?
Non-invasive approaches, including exercise testing, can effectively identify prognostic groups in young men following transmural myocardial infarction.
Samek et al. (2008) conducted a cohort in transmural myocardial infarction (n=555). Clinical and exercise test variables (work capacity, left ventricular impairment, heart volume) was evaluated on cardiac death. In men under 40 post-myocardial infarction, cardiac death (7.9% over 3.6 years) significantly correlated with work capacity (p<0.02), left ventricular impairment (p<0.001), and heart volume (p<0.01).
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