Another Perfect Treadmill Test?

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IN 1980 Hollenberg et al. reported a means of scoring the electrocardiographic response to treadmill exercise, which resulted in a much better correlation with coronary angiographic results than was being reported in other comparative studies.1 They subsequently reported that this treadmill score accurately reflected the degree of revascularization after coronary artery bypass surgery.2 In this issue Hollenberg and colleagues report the results of tests in 377 asymptomatic, apparently healthy Air Force officers who had no overt coronary artery disease.3 Ten of the subjects judged to have the most risk factors for coronary artery disease, including the three with abnormal treadmill . . .