title: [Value of the positive exercise test without angina (after myocardial infarct)].
abstract: In order to determine the value of a positive exercise test (ET) (i.e. ischaemic ST depression) without chest pain observed after a myocardial infarction (MI), 102 ET's were reviewed. ET was performed without anti-ischaemic drugs. The mean time-lag between MI and ET was 51 +/- 55 months. The MI was inferior in 26 cases, inferior and/or posterior in 74 cases and of undetermined location in 2 cases. Thirty patients had both ST depression and chest pain (group 1); 35 had electrocardiographic signs of ischaemia without pain (group 2), and 37 had neither chest pain nor signs of ischaemia (group 3). Age, sex ratio, site of infarction and time-lag between MI and ET were similar in all three groups. The post-ET follow-up period was 33 +/- 18 months (range: 6 to 66 months); 2 patients in group 3 were lost sight of. There was no significant difference between groups 1 and 2 as regards total duration of ET, workload attained, heart rate, systolic arterial pressure, pressure-rate product and amplitude of ST depression at maximum exercise level. Group 3 differed from the other 2 groups in workload attained (p less than 0.05) and in pressure-rate product (p less than 0.05 vs group 1, p less than 0.01 vs group 2). There was no significant difference between groups 1 and 2 as regards post-ET events (recurrent angina, reinfarction, coronary bypass, transluminal angioplasty).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Hôpital cardio-vasculaire et pneumologique Louis-Pradel, Lyon.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saint-Pierre
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gare
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Monnet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Veillas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Durand de Gevigney
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zambartas
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Delahaye
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Valeur de l'épreuve d'effort positive sans angor (après infarctus du myocarde).