title: [Prognostic value of the exertion test in patients treated with thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarct].
abstract: Prognostic value of exercise testing after thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Few studies have evaluated the prognostic value of exercise testing in patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and thrombolysis. For this reason the authors studies 398 patients divided into two groups: 189 thrombolysed patients (T) and 209 non-thrombolysed patients (NT), matched for age, sex, AMI site and treatment received. Thrombolysis was performed within 6 hours of the onset of symptoms using rt-PA in an accelerated regime (90 degrees) preceded by sodium heparin infusion 5000 UI i.v. in bolus, and followed by sodium heparin for 5 days, maintaining a PTT value 2-3 times the basal level. The efficacy of thrombolytic treatment was confirmed by the presence pf at least two of the following markers: CK peak time, rapid reduction of ST overunlevelling, reperfusion arrhythmia. All patients underwent exercise testing using the cycloergometer after suspending treatment at 3 weeks and 6 months after AMI, and a echocardiographic examination on the first day and after 6 months. These data show that thrombolytic treatment reduces the myocardial damage during the course of AMI, enabling the patient to exercise longer and causes improved myocardial contractility with a lower asynergic index compared to non-reperfused patients. Moreover, significantly fewer ergometric tests that were positive for residual ischemia were observed in T compared to NT. The incidence of mortality one year after AMI was low in both groups, albeit lower in T. This confirms the important prognostic role of ergometric tests also in this population.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia ed UTIC, Ospedale Nuovo Pellegrini, Napoli.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cerciello
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Galzerano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mirra
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giasi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Il valore prognostico del test da sforzo in pazienti trombolisati per infarto acuto del miocardio.