Exercise‐provoked ST‐segment depression and prognosis in patients recovering from acute myocardial infarction. Significance and pitfalls

The importance of maximal versus submaximal exercise testing and the significance of heart failure on the prognostic value of exercise-provoked ST-segment depression ≥0.1 mV was studied in 143 patients recovering from acute myocardial infarction. Patients were exercise tested prior to discharge and follow up lasted for up to 18 months (mean 17 months). End-point was first major event (i.e. first non-fatal reinfarction or death)