Early exercise after coronary stenting is safe

Abstract

Symptom-limited exercise stress testing the day after coronary stenting does not increase the risk of clinical stent thrombosis or access site complications. Further investigations on safety of early vigorous exercise after coronary stenting in a non-supervised setting are warranted.

The Role of Exercise Test After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

“…One year after PCI the specific weight of restenosis was 16.7% of all diagnosed restenosis. The clinical value of exercise electrocardiograms following interventional therapy in the early period is high in evaluation of early post-interventional results (Roffi et al, 2003). This is supported with our results, which demonstrated high specificity of exercise test performed in the first six months after PCI.…”

Importance of the Exercise Test Follow-up Programme for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

“…The clinical value of exercise electrocardiograms following interventional therapy in the early period is high in evaluation of early post-interventional results (Roffi et al, 2003). This is supported with our results, which demonstrated specificity of 100% of exercise test performed in the first six months after PCI.…”

2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

“…RCTs of early exercise testing after PCI have excluded patients with recent MI. 584 Limited data exist on the safety of early symptom-limited exercise testing after MI; therefore, clinical judgment must be used. 585 Pharmacological stress myocardial perfusion imaging has been shown to have predictive value for postinfarction cardiac events and is useful and safe in patients who are unable to exercise.…”