The exercise test in variant angina: results in 114 patients (original) (raw)

One hundred fourteen patients with variant angina performed bicycle exercise stress tests, and were divided into three groups. Group 1 included 37 patients with a normal exercise test. Coronary arteriography revealed absence of significant coronary stenoses in 18 patients, one-vessel disease in 17 and involvement of two or more vessels in two. Group 2 consisted of 40 patients who had ST-segment elevation during or just after exercise. Coronary arteriography in these cases revealed absence of significant coronary stenoses in nine patients, one-vessel disease in 18 and disease of two or more vessels in 13. Group 3 included 37 patients who had ST-segment depression during exercise. Absence of coronary artery disease was found in only two patients, one-vessel disease was found in 19 and disease of two or more vessels was found in 16. Sixty-one patients repeated the exercise test after a mean of 18 months after hospital discharge. Exercise-induced ST-segment elevation was no longer prese...