Abstract:Purpose -To evaluate the diagnosis value of exercise testing for silent myocardial ischemia in systolic hypertension of the elderly.
Methods -We compared 110 patients with systolic hypertension (group A) with 104 patients without hypertension (group B) (20% vs 11,5%, p<0,003A doença aterosclerótica coronária (DAC) constitui a principal causa de morte nos países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento, como o Brasil. Tanto no homem como na mulher, os sintomas iniciais podem ser dor anginosa, infarto
Background: Despite abundant evidence of increased morbidity and mortality, chronotropic incompetence (CI) is not a routine diagnosis well defined in protocols of cardiac evaluation and its clinical importance is still underestimated.
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