Prognostic implications of silent myocardial ischemia: prediction of events?
In patients with stable and unstable angina pectoris, the occurrence of transient ST-T-wave alterations during ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring is helpful in identifying a subgroup of patients who are especially likely to have severe atherosclerotic coronary artery disease and a guarded prognosis over the subsequent 1 to 12 months. Because the majority of these episodes are not accompanied by chest pain, it seems logical to conclude that recurrent episodes of silent myocardial ischemia signal a high likelihood of severe coronary artery disease and carry a poor short-term prognosis.
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000503:physiopathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis