Prognostic value of exercise testing: a 6-year follow-up in post-myocardial infarction patients.
The predictive value of a symptom-limited exercise test was studied over a 6-year period in 112 men, who had survived a myocardial infarct. The test was performed within 3 months after the infarct. Among clinical variables, only a history of a previous myocardial infarct seems to bear some prognostic importance. Among the exercise parameters, the development of a ST-segment depression of greater than or equal to 2.0 mm at low effort and the maximal exercise parameters were indicative of future mortality and non-fatal recurrent infarction.
D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence