Prevalencia de ergometrías positivas en pacientes militares mayores de 40 años asintomáticos de cardiopatía isquémica en el Hospital Naval de Guayaquil en el periodo 2022-2023.

Abstract

Ergometry is a diagnostic and prognostic test used to monitor heart rate and blood pressure while the heart is subjected to intense physical stress. Ergometry is mainly usedto determine the origin of precordial pain. In the last decade, this method has also been routinely used in healthy individuals for prevention and to evaluate the physical conditionand response to progressive stress to which the heart is subjected, as in the case of activemilitary or elite athletes. Objective: To estimate the incidence of positive ergometry in asymptomatic patients over 40 years of age during their military life at HOSNAG.Methodology: the study has a quantitative approach with a descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional design. Results: El Hospital Guayaquil in the period from 2022 to 2023 attended 973 male military patients over 40 years of age with ergometry studies performed, of which 139 had positive ergometry studies and were asymptomatic of ischemic heart disease, corresponding to 14.3% of the total population. Conclusion: Theergometry study is an important tool for the diagnosis and prognosis of patients sufferingfrom ischemic heart disease, but it is also a tool that allows knowing the state of health ofa person before undergoing intense physical exercise such as