ROLE OF CARDIAC STRESS TEST IN PATIENTS OVER 65 YEARS OLD WITH ISCHEMIC CARDIAC INSUFFICIENCY

摘要

Elderly’s cardiac insufficiency (CI) represents a public health issue. Within this context, the aim of the study is to assess cardiac stress test capacity of the patients with ischemic CI with a view to include them in cardiovascular rehabilitation programmes. Two groups of patients were studied: group 1-below 65 years old and group 2 - below 65 years old. All patients were submitted to the cardiac stress testing and echocardiography. IC forms with preserved ejection fraction were predominant. We noticed that the patients in group 1 have a cardiac stress test capacity greater than those in group 2 (WATTs: 86.11 ± 24.35 vs. 70.83 ± 21.7, p = 0.0051; METs: 4.6 ± 1.4 vs. 3.8 ± 1.1, p = 0.05). Most cardiac stress tests were stopped in both groups due to dyspnea. In conclusion, cardiac stress testing in its classical form can be useful for assessing exercise capacity in patients with CI who are to be included in cardiac rehabilitation programmes.