What is the prognostic importance of presenting symptoms in patients undergoing exercise testing for evaluation of known or suspected coronary disease?
According to the article Development and Evaluation of the Seattle Angina Questionnaire: a new functional status measure for coronary artery disease, the prognostic importance of presenting symptoms in patients undergoing exercise testing for evaluation of known or suspected coronary disease has been demonstrated in a study by Christopher et al. (2004). The study found that patients with certain presenting symptoms such as chest pain, dyspnea, and/or dizziness had an increased risk of mortality, suggesting that presenting symptoms can be used to predict the outcome of exercise testing for suspected coronary artery disease.