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Following uncomplicated myocardial infarction the one-year morbidity and mortality can be predicted by early exercise testing [1, 2]. In patients with exercise-induced ST segment depression the average mortality is 19% [3] with one study revealing a one-year mortality of 27% in contrast to only 2% in those with normal exercise ECG’s [1]. We have shown previously that early exercise testing has considerable potential for the early identification of coronary disease additional to that which subtends the infarcted area [4]. It is likely therefore that the morbidity and mortality is determined by the presence and degree of significant further coronary disease.
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Akhras, F., Upward, J., Keates, J., Jackson, G. (1984). Early Exercise Testing and Coronary Bypass Surgery Post-infarction. In: Unger, F. (eds) Coronary Artery Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69638-1_40
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