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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
Electrocardiographically monitored arterial stress testing was performed before surgery in 130 patients with peripheral vascular disease. When limitations of claudication or pain at rest precluded treadmill exercise, arm ergometry was employed. The electrocardiographically monitored arterial stress test proved a cost-effective, easily applicable means of screening for coronary artery disease in this group of patients. Unlike statistical analyses of historical risk factors, the electrocardiographically monitored arterial stress test evaluates the current functional state of the myocardium. We believe that preoperative electrocardiographic exercise testing should be employed more widely and should be considered in any patient facing major surgery in whom coronary artery disease is suspected on the basis of past history or known risk factors. In patients who have an ischemic response to exercise, particularly at less than 75 percent of the maximum predicted heart rate, coronary angiography and possibly coronary revascularization should be considered before elective major surgery is performed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9610
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
141
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
501-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Applicability and interpretation of electrocardiographic stress testing in patients with peripheral vascular disease.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article