title: [An assessment of myocardial ischemia in women with the exercise test validated by coronary angiography].
abstract: Ischemic heart disease has been studied in men and women only as a group. We studied the sensitivity and specificity of the exercise stress testing in women. The exercise stress testing (EST) was validated with the coronary arteriography. We studied 72 women and 129 men, the mean age was 55 years for women and 51 years for men. We found in women 83.2% of estimated maximal heart rate; the rate pressure product was 2.4, no different from the values recorded in men (p greater than 0.06). The blood pressure response to exercise was higher in women, and the maximal work capacity was more elevated in men (p less than 0.006). We found normal coronary arteries in 41 women, 70.7% with a positive (EST) compared with a 87.07% in men. The sensitivity and specificity of the exercise stress testing for the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease is smaller in women.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México, D.F.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alexánderson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Férez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasbun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gómez-Jaume
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iturralde
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012727:Sex Characteristics
vernacular_title: Evaluación de la isquemia miocárdica en mujeres con la prueba de esfuerzo validada mediante coronariografía.