Background: The objective of the study was to identify the parameter(s) of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) that can detect exercise-induced myocardial ischaemia (EIMI), and to determine its diagnostic accuracy for identifying patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).
Methods And Results: We prospectively studied 202 consecutive patients (173 men, 29 women, mean age 55.7+/-10.