Long-Term Outcome in Asymptomatic Men with Exercise-Induced Premature Ventricular Depolarizations

Exercise testing is widely used to detect coronary heart disease and to assess the short- and long-term prognosis in patients with the disease. Numerous studies have shown that an ischemic ST-segment response to exercise is a powerful predictor of major coronary events, including death, in apparently healthy persons. 1 – 7 Whether the occurrence of premature ventricular depolarizations during exercise is useful in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease and in the assessment of prognosis remains controversial. Although an association between the occurrence of premature ventricular depolarizations during exercise and coronary heart disease has been described in patients at high risk for . . .