title: Acute myocardial infarction shortly after a normal exercise stress test. Case reports.
abstract: The authors describe 3 cases of AMI occurring shortly after a negative bicycle ergometer stress test. These cases represent an unfortunate but extremely rare complication of a relatively safe diagnostic procedure. The authors also focus on the pathogenesis of the ischemic event, which may be attributed either to intraplaque hemorrhage or to platelet aggregation, both exercise-induced. The prevalence of AMI in this paper (0.06%) is similar to the data described in literature.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Belcolle Hospital, Viterbo, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capezzuto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Achilli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pontillo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sassara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Spirito
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guerra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors