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To the Editor: Jouven et al. report on the long-term outcome in asymptomatic men with exercise-induced premature ventricular depolarizations (Sept. 21 issue).¹ In 1977, a colleague and I reported the results of a similar study involving 6500 patients, although most of them had chest pain as an indication for exercise testing.² We also found that premature ventricular depolarizations (contractions) were predictive of coronary events, especially when combined with ST-segment depression. The risk of death in a five-year follow-up study increased from 8 percent when premature ventricular depolarizations were induced by exercise to 22 percent when ST-segment depression was also present. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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