1. [An assessment of myocardial ischemia in women with the exercise test validated by coronary angiography].
- Author
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Alexánderson E, Férez S, Hasbun R, Gómez-Jaume A, and Iturralde P
- Subjects
- Coronary Disease physiopathology, Electrocardiography, Female, Hemodynamics, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Sensitivity and Specificity, Coronary Angiography, Coronary Disease diagnosis, Exercise Test methods, Sex Characteristics
- Abstract
Ischemic heart disease has been studied in men and women only as a group. We studied the sensitivity and specificity of the exercise stress testing in women. The exercise stress testing (EST) was validated with the coronary arteriography. We studied 72 women and 129 men, the mean age was 55 years for women and 51 years for men. We found in women 83.2% of estimated maximal heart rate; the rate pressure product was 2.4, no different from the values recorded in men (p greater than 0.06). The blood pressure response to exercise was higher in women, and the maximal work capacity was more elevated in men (p less than 0.006). We found normal coronary arteries in 41 women, 70.7% with a positive (EST) compared with a 87.07% in men. The sensitivity and specificity of the exercise stress testing for the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease is smaller in women.
- Published
- 1992