MISLEADING EXERCISE TOLERANCE TEST RESULTS (LETTER TO EDITOR)

Authors

1 1.Associate Professor of Cardiology, Fellowship of Echocardiography, Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Adjacent to Mellat Park, Tehran, Iran, 1996114151.

2 Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Fellowship of Echocardiography, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Research Center, Daneshgah St., Tabriz, Iran. Postal Code: 5166615573, Tel & Fax: +98 411 3363880,

3 Associated Professor of Anesthesiology, Fellowship of Cardiac Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Research Center, Daneshgah St., Tabriz, Iran. Postal Code: 5166615573, Tel & Fax: +98 411 3363880

Abstract

The current report documents the case of a 29-year-old sportsman who presented to our heart center with palpitation for evaluation with the exercise tolerance test (ETT). He had no risk factors and no known history of ischemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, or central nervous system disease. He had normal echocardiographic findings.