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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death and disability in industrialized countries. In India also there is increasing trends of death and disability due to IHD. The prevalence of IHD in India is 96.7/1000 in urban and 27.1/1000 in rural areas. Main risk factors for IHD are diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity, smoking and hyperlipidemia. AIM: The present study aims at early detection of IHD which can prevent death and disability in persons with risk factors. DESIGN: The present study is cross sectional observational study carried out in the govt. medical college of rural Indian set-up. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was carried out on 70 asymptomatic patients of age group 30-70 years with any of the above mentioned risk factors for IHD. The treadmill test was performed in these patients. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: The analysis was done using MS office excel 2007 software. RESULTS: 24.22% patients showed positive treadmill test. This means 24.22% of patients were having underlying IHD though they were asymptomatic. CONCLUSION: Thus treadmill test is a valuable, non-invasive tool for early detection of myocardial ischemia among the asymptomatic patients with risk factors for coronary artery disease.