An Introduction to the Appücations, Methodology and Interpretation of Exercise Electrocardiography

Abstract

Exercise testing is a very valuable tool in clinical practice since it has many applications including diagnosis, screening, evaluating treatment and for the determination of prognosis and severity of disease. Its methodology has been varied but comparisons of methodology have been performed that make it possible to obtain comparable information from almost any method of testing. The addition of microprocessors to medical instrumentation and the use of nuclear imaging can improve exercise testing. Exercise testing also plays an important role in cardiac rehabilitation and in the prescription of exercise for apparently healthy individuals.

Sexual Activity in Patients With Angina

“…Exercise testing enables not only an objective assessment of exercise tolerance but also helps to identify prognostic markers, such as the heart rate, blood pressure, and workload at which symptoms of angina, dyspnea, and fatigue appear. 13 Low-risk patients with erectile dysfunction can be treated with a PDE-5 inhibitor without undergoing further diagnostic evaluation (FIGURE 1). High-risk patients should undergo cardiac assessment and be appropriately treated before being considered for PDE-5 inhibitors.…”

Sexual activity after myocardial infarction: When to resume the use of erectogenic drugs

“…Intermediate-risk patients (15% to 30%) require specialized cardiac testing to reclassify them into low-risk or high-risk categories. Exercise testing not only enables an objective assessment of exercise tolerance, but it also helps identify prognostic markers, such as heart rate, blood pressure, and workload at which symptoms of angina, dyspnea, and fatigue appear [39].…”