TY - JOUR
T1 - The safety of treadmill exercise stress testing in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms
AU - Best, Patricia J.
AU - Tajik, A. Jamil
AU - Gibbons, Raymond J.
AU - Pellikka, Patricia A.
PY - 1998/10/15
Y1 - 1998/10/15
N2 - Background: Exercise stress testing in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms may cause enlargement or rupture of aneurysms. Objective: To evaluate the safety of treadmill exercise stress testing in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. Design: Retrospective descriptive study. Setting: Tertiary care center. Patients: 262 patients who had abdominal aortic aneurysms more than 4 cm in diameter and underwent treadmill exercise stress testing. Measurements: Pain after stress testing, rupture of the aneurysm or death, aneurysm size, and exercise stress test results. Results: The average aneurysm diameter was 5.5 ± 1.1 cm. One patient with a 6.1-cm aneurysm was found to have a contained rupture 12 hours after stress testing. The event rate for aneurysm rupture was 0.4% (95% CI, 0.0% to 2.1%). No deaths or other negative outcomes were documented. Conclusion: Despite theoretical concerns, exercise stress testing of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms seems to be safe and is associated with a low incidence of acute adverse events.
AB - Background: Exercise stress testing in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms may cause enlargement or rupture of aneurysms. Objective: To evaluate the safety of treadmill exercise stress testing in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. Design: Retrospective descriptive study. Setting: Tertiary care center. Patients: 262 patients who had abdominal aortic aneurysms more than 4 cm in diameter and underwent treadmill exercise stress testing. Measurements: Pain after stress testing, rupture of the aneurysm or death, aneurysm size, and exercise stress test results. Results: The average aneurysm diameter was 5.5 ± 1.1 cm. One patient with a 6.1-cm aneurysm was found to have a contained rupture 12 hours after stress testing. The event rate for aneurysm rupture was 0.4% (95% CI, 0.0% to 2.1%). No deaths or other negative outcomes were documented. Conclusion: Despite theoretical concerns, exercise stress testing of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms seems to be safe and is associated with a low incidence of acute adverse events.
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U2 - 10.7326/0003-4819-129-8-199810150-00008
DO - 10.7326/0003-4819-129-8-199810150-00008
M3 - Article
C2 - 9786810
AN - SCOPUS:0032532686
SN - 0003-4819
VL - 129
SP - 628
EP - 631
JO - Annals of Internal Medicine
JF - Annals of Internal Medicine
IS - 8
ER -