Incidence and Prognostic Implications of Severe Ventricular Arrhythmias during Maximal Exercise Testing
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Cardiology
- Vol. 68 (2) , 35-43
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000173315
Abstract
Among 7,500 consecutive maximal exercise tests (MET), we have observed 6 cases of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and 40 cases of ventricular tachycardia (VT); 13 patients had a sustained VT and 27 patients had a single short run of VT. No patient died immediately but 11 patients died during the follow-up. The prognosis was determined by the underlying disease (most often coronary artery disease) and the type of arrhythmia. The 5-year survival rate was 84% in patients with a short run of VT and only 43% in patients with VF or sustained VT.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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