The aim of the present study was to assess the incidence of myocardial ischemia during cold pressor test in patients with stable exertional angina pectoris. Thirty-seven patients with proven coronary artery disease were submitted to cold pressor and exercise stress testing; computer assisted electrocardiographic recordings were obtained throughout the examinations. Cold stimulation provoked electrocardiographic signs of subendocardial ischemia only in 3 patients. They had suffered of a previous myocardial infarction and showed low exercise tolerance and severe coronary lesions (one with triple vessel and 2 with left main disease). Interestingly, only one of these patients gave an history of angina during cold exposure. Thus these data indicate that chest pain and electrocardiographic signs of ischemia are an uncommon event during cold pressor stimulation which occurs more likely in patients with fairly severe coronary narrowings. More sensitive markers of ischemia and/or different modalities of cold application are required for studies concerning the relationship between cold exposure and angina pectoris.

Myocardial ischemia induced by the cold pressor test in patients with exertion angina. Case contribution / Galvani M.; Bugiardini R.; Ferrini D.; Gridelli C.; Mari L.; Pozzati A.; Puddu P.. - In: GIORNALE ITALIANO DI CARDIOLOGIA. - ISSN 0046-5968. - STAMPA. - 15:6(1985), pp. 567-570.

Myocardial ischemia induced by the cold pressor test in patients with exertion angina. Case contribution

Galvani M.;Bugiardini R.;Puddu P.
1985

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to assess the incidence of myocardial ischemia during cold pressor test in patients with stable exertional angina pectoris. Thirty-seven patients with proven coronary artery disease were submitted to cold pressor and exercise stress testing; computer assisted electrocardiographic recordings were obtained throughout the examinations. Cold stimulation provoked electrocardiographic signs of subendocardial ischemia only in 3 patients. They had suffered of a previous myocardial infarction and showed low exercise tolerance and severe coronary lesions (one with triple vessel and 2 with left main disease). Interestingly, only one of these patients gave an history of angina during cold exposure. Thus these data indicate that chest pain and electrocardiographic signs of ischemia are an uncommon event during cold pressor stimulation which occurs more likely in patients with fairly severe coronary narrowings. More sensitive markers of ischemia and/or different modalities of cold application are required for studies concerning the relationship between cold exposure and angina pectoris.
1985
Myocardial ischemia induced by the cold pressor test in patients with exertion angina. Case contribution / Galvani M.; Bugiardini R.; Ferrini D.; Gridelli C.; Mari L.; Pozzati A.; Puddu P.. - In: GIORNALE ITALIANO DI CARDIOLOGIA. - ISSN 0046-5968. - STAMPA. - 15:6(1985), pp. 567-570.
Galvani M.; Bugiardini R.; Ferrini D.; Gridelli C.; Mari L.; Pozzati A.; Puddu P.
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