Abstract

• The maximum exercise testing using treadmill walking was performed in 36 patients of diabetes mellitus who were admitted to the Ewha Womans University Hospital from March, 1983 to August, 1983 and 30 normal control subjects to evaluate the efficacy of significance to detect latent coronary artery disease in diabetes mellitus as a chronic complication.
  Among 36 patients of diabetes mellitus, ten(27.8%) were treadmill exercise test positive, of whom two had ST depression in resting electrocardiogram but eight didn't have any changes in resting electrocardiogram.
  Since treadmill exercise test can be a useful sensitive diagnostic tool for early detection of latent coronary artery disease in the patients of diabetes mellitus as a chronic complication.