PREDICTIVE IMPLICATIONS OF VENTRICULAR PREMATURE CONTRACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TREADMILL STRESS TESTING
PREDICTIVE IMPLICATIONS OF VENTRICULAR PREMATURE CONTRACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TREADMILL STRESS TESTING
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.56.6.985
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
ELLESTAD, MH
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作者:
UDALL, JA;ELLESTAD, MH
Follow-up data on future coronary events was collected on 6500 patients who underwent stress testing; 1327 exhibited ventricular premature contractions (VPC) associated with 1 or more phases of treadmill stress testing (TST). Eighty-three percent of all pateents tested had known or suspected cardiovascular disease. The annual incidence of new coronary events (myocardial infarction, angina, cardiac death) during a 5 yr follow-up was 1.7% among 1067 patients without VPC or ischemic ST changes, 6.4% in 758 patients with VPC alone, 9.5% among 609 patients with ischemic ST changes alone and 11.4% in 569 patients with VPC plus ischemic ST changes. The significance of VPC associated with the TST rests largely upon the clinical status of the persons tested. VPC observed among patients referred for TST for the evaluation of known or suspected cardiovascular disease, with or without ischemic ST abnormailites, represent a definite risk factor for future coronary events.