Canpolat Uğur, Yorgun Hikmet, Aytemir Kudret, Oto Ali
Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sıhhiye 06100, Ankara, Turkey.
J Cardiol Cases. 2013 May 14;8(1):e60-e62. doi: 10.1016/j.jccase.2013.04.007. eCollection 2013 Jul.
Treadmill exercise test is a widely used noninvasive test for evaluation of coronary artery disease due to cost and availability. Although the incidence of complications related to the test is low, physicians should be careful in patient selection for it. In particular, it should be recommended and performed cautiously in patients with a sedentary lifestyle. Herein, we present a patient with a sedentary lifestyle who developed asymptomatic precordial ST segment elevation. < Treadmill test should be recommended and performed cautiously in patients with a sedentary lifestyle.>.