PMID: 9532812Jul 1, 1997Paper

Diagnostic value of exercise testing in the diagnosis of silent myocardial ischemia in elderly patients with systolic hypertension

Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
J J de Oliveira, S R Silva

Abstract

To evaluate the diagnosis value of exercise testing for silent myocardial ischemia in systolic hypertension of the elderly. We compared 110 patients with systolic hypertension (group A) with 104 patients without hypertension (group B). They were submitted to an exercise test according to the Bruce protocol, between January/91 to December/94. Exercise was discontinued if target heart rate was achieved, or fatigue, dyspnea, severe arrhythmia, hypotension or significant ST segment depression > or = 2 mm/0.2 mV developed. Exercise testing showed ischemic ST depression in 22 (20%) of the elderly patients with hypertension systolic and 12 (11.5%) of control elderly patients. The exercise time was shorter in the hypertensives 7.1 +/- 2.9 min vs 8.8 +/- 2.5 min. The ST depression was greater in the hypertensives than the control group: 2.5 +/- 0.8 min vs 1.9 +/- 0.4 min. Also the duration or ischemic ST depression was longer in the hypertensive patients than the control group 5.4 +/- 2.8 min vs 3.4 +/- 1.9 min. Elderly hypertensive patients with systolic hypertension have more silent myocardial ischemia than elderly without hypertension. Among the elderly hypertensive patients there was a prevalence of silent ischemia that was 1.7 time...Continue Reading

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