Treadmill exercise testing in asymptomatic chronic smokers to detect latent coronary heart disease.
Indian Heart J
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1989 Jan-Feb; 41(1): 62-5
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ABSTRACT
The treadmill exercise test has been performed in 50 chronic smokers and 50 non-smokers (93 males and 7 females) who were not having any clinical or electrocardiographic manifestation of ischemic heart disease. The test was positive in 18% chronic smokers and 4% in non-smokers, the chances of positivity of stress test was 4-5 times greater in chronic smokers than in non-smokers. The duration of smoking and number of/cigarettes/bidis smoked per day were directly proportional to the incidence of a positive stress test. There was no significant difference in the incidence of a positive exercise test amongst purely cigarette smokers (17.64%), purely bidi smoker, (16.16%), and in both bidi and cigarette smokers (20%). The study, therefore, suggests that chronic heavy smoking is more frequently associated with asymptomatic ischemic heart disease, as compared to non-smokers and stress testing of persons with coronary risk factors important for detection of latent IHD.
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Asunto principal:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Fumar
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Adulto
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Enfermedad Coronaria
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Prueba de Esfuerzo
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Persona de Mediana Edad
Tipo de estudio:
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Revista:
Indian heart j
Año:
1989
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