title: Lack of association of exercise testing with coronary stent closure.
abstract: This report is a summary of the experience at a tertiary medical care facility with patients who had undergone exercise testing soon after placement of coronary arterial stents. In 261 patients, no acute coronary events occurred that could be attributed to the exercise tests.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seferlis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirshenbaum
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Hartley
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents