Prognostic value of exercise echocardiographyin 5,798 patients: is there a gender difference?
Adelaide M. Arruda-Olson, MD, PhD*,
Eldyn M. Juracan, MD*,
Douglas W. Mahoney, MS*,
Robert B. McCully, MD, FACC*,
Veronique L. Roger, MD, FACC* and
Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, FACC*,*
* Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Figure 1 Survival free of cardiac death and myocardial infarction are shown in men and women, with exercise capacity  6 metabolic equivalent (METs) and <6 METs.
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Figure 2 Survival free of cardiac death and myocardial infarction are shown in men and women, with exercise wall motion score index (WMSI) <1.25 and 1.25.
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Figure 3 The relationship of cardiac events per person-year of follow-up is plotted against exercise wall motion score index.
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