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The frequency, pathophysiology, and prognosis of exercise-induced silent ischemia

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Silent Ischemia

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Silent myocardial ischemia in now recognized to be a frequent occurrence in patients with coronary artery disease. Many of the recent observations regarding the occurrence of silent myocardial ischemia have been made using ambulatory electrocardiography, but silent ischemia can also be detected using exercise tests. These two forms of testing offer potentially complementary information. Exercise testing may be used to assess the extent and severity of “potentially inducible” silent myocardial ischemia, whereas ambulatory electrocardiography may be used to assess the frequency and duration of “spontaneously occurring” silent ischemia. In this article, we specifically focus on the frequency and prognostic implications of exercise-induced silent ischemia.

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Rozanski, A., Berman, D. (1987). The frequency, pathophysiology, and prognosis of exercise-induced silent ischemia. In: v. Arnim, T., Maseri, A. (eds) Silent Ischemia. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12997-5_13

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