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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2004; 43:2242-2246, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2004.03.033
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CLINICAL RESEARCH: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Exercise echocardiographic findings and outcome of patients referred for evaluation of dyspnea

Sébastien Bergeron, MD*, Steve R. Ommen, MD*, Kent R. Bailey, PhD{dagger}, Jae K. Oh, MD*, Robert B. McCully, MD* and Patricia A. Pellikka, MD*,*

* Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
{dagger} Department of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Manuscript received September 3, 2003; revised manuscript received February 25, 2004, accepted March 23, 2004.

* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Patricia A. Pellikka, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
pellikka.patricia{at}mayo.edu

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to characterize the outcome of patients referred for exercise echocardiographic evaluation of dyspnea.

BACKGROUND: Little information exists regarding outcome of patients with dyspnea.

METHODS: We identified 443 patients with unexplained dyspnea, 2,033 with chest pain, and 587 with both symptoms referred for exercise echocardiography.

RESULTS: Compared to those with chest pain alone, patients referred for dyspnea alone were older, predominately men, and had lower workload, lower ejection fraction (EF), more prior myocardial infarction (MI), and abnormal rest electrocardiograms. Patients with both symptoms were similar to those with dyspnea, but more had prior revascularization. Exercise echocardiography showed ischemia in 42% of patients with dyspnea, 19% with chest pain, and 58% with both symptoms. During 3.1 ± 1.8 years follow-up, cardiac death (5.2% vs. 0.9%, p < 0.0001) and nonfatal MI (4.7% vs. 2.0%, p < 0.0001) occurred more often in patients with dyspnea. Events in patients with both symptoms were similar to those with dyspnea, except for revascularization (20% vs. 13%, p = 0.0004). For patients with dyspnea, independent predictors of events were previous MI (hazard ratio [HR] 3.35, p < 0.0001), male gender (HR 1.94, p = 0.0252), EF (HR 0.95/10% increment, p < 0.0001), and increase in wall motion score index with exercise (HR 4.19/0.25 U, p < 0.0001), but not chest pain.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with unexplained dyspnea have a high likelihood of ischemia and an increased incidence of cardiac events. Exercise echocardiography provides independent information for identifying patients at risk. In patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease, dyspnea is a symptom requiring investigation.

Abbreviations and Acronyms
  CAD = coronary artery disease
  EF = ejection fraction
  HR = hazard ratio
  MI = myocardial infarction
  NYHA = New York Heart Association
  WMSI = wall motion score index




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