title: [Prognostic value of symptom-limited ergometry 3 weeks after acute myocardial infarct].
abstract: 96 patients, under 70 years of age, underwent symptom-limited (maximal) exercise testing in the 3rd week after an acute myocardial infarction when neither cardiac insufficiency, angina pectoris (post-infarction) nor malignant arrhythmias were present. A further 29 patients, who could not be exercised because of the reasons mentioned, had a significantly higher frequency of coronary events during the 14 month observation period than those patients who could be exercised (55% vs. 23%, P = 0.05). When signs of (reversible) ischaemia occurred during exercise testing (angina pectoris, ST-segment depression greater than 0.1 mV), the one-year prognosis was significantly worse than in patients having no ischaemia. By means of this test the occurrence of a "coronary event" can be forecasted with high sensitivity (92%) but low specificity (46%). Thus, the negative test ("predictive value" 94%) is suitable for recognising patients with low spontaneous risk thus sparing them from further invasive investigations.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Prognostische Bedeutung einer symptomlimitierten Ergometrie drei Wochen nach akutem Myokardinfarkt.