PMID- 923068
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19780127
LR  - 20190623
IS  - 0009-7322 (Print)
IS  - 0009-7322 (Linking)
VI  - 56
IP  - 6
DP  - 1977 Dec
TI  - Predictive implications of ventricular premature contractions associated with 
      treadmill stress testing.
PG  - 985-9
AB  - Follow-up data on future coronary events was collected on 6,500 patients who had 
      undergone stress testing; 1,327 of these exhibited ventricular premature 
      contractions (VPCs) associated with one or more phases of treadmill stress 
      testing (TSTs). Eighty-three percent of all patients tested had known or 
      suspected cardiovascular disease. The annual incidence of new coronary events 
      (myocardial infarction, angina, cardiac death) during a five year follow-up was 
      1.7% among 1,067 patients without VPCs or ischemic ST changes, 6.4% in 758 
      patients with VPCs alone, 9.5% among 609 patients with ischemic ST changes alone 
      and 11.4% in 569 patients with VPCs plus ischemic ST changes. The significance of 
      VPCs associated with the TSTs rests largely upon the clinical status of the 
      persons tested. VPCs observed among patients referred for TSTs for the evaluation 
      of known or suspected cardiovascular disease, with or without ischemic ST 
      abnormalities, represent a definite risk factor for future coronary events.
FAU - Udall, J A
AU  - Udall JA
FAU - Ellestad, M H
AU  - Ellestad MH
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Circulation
JT  - Circulation
JID - 0147763
SB  - IM
MH  - Coronary Disease/physiopathology
MH  - Exercise Test
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mortality
MH  - *Myocardial Contraction
EDAT- 1977/12/01 00:00
MHDA- 1977/12/01 00:01
CRDT- 1977/12/01 00:00
PHST- 1977/12/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1977/12/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1977/12/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1161/01.cir.56.6.985 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Circulation. 1977 Dec;56(6):985-9. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.56.6.985.