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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2021 Aug 12;157:56–63. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.07.020

Table 2.

Adverse events and clinically relevant findings

Event type N (% of sample)
Serious cardiovascular event (N=1)
Acute coronary syndrome
Persistent ventricular arrythmia 0
Death 0
Required immediate medical care (atrial fibrillation in participant with known paroxysmal atrial fibrillation) 1 (0.03%)

Exercise finding warranting notification of primary care physician (N=80)
Chest discomfort 5 (0.16%)
Severe hypertensive exercise response 2 (0.06%)
Exercise induced headache 1 (0.03%)
ST depressions or T-wave inversions 38 (1.22%)
Ventricular ectopy 23 (0.74%)
Atrial arrhythmias 3 (0.10%)
Post-exercise vagal response including hypotension or syncope 8 (0.26%)

All exercise findings prompting notification of primary care physicians are included