Garden-variety exercise stress testing can be used in patients who have angina with nonobstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA) to uncover the presence of coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD), new ...

A higher pulmonary vascular resistance index during exercise, but not at rest, predicts poor clinical outcomes in adults with ...

The rationale underpinning exercise stress testing is that cardiovascular abnormalities not apparent at rest may be revealed with exercise. Electrocardiographic, hemodynamic (for example, blood ...

Background Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) impairs trunk strength, mobility and cardiorespiratory fitness. Despite exercise ...

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), also known as ergospirometry, can be used for early detection of respiratory disorders in overweight and obese individuals. This is the main finding of a study ...

Correspondence to Dr Robert I Liem, Division of Hematology, Oncology & Stem Cell Transplant, Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; rliem{at}luriechildrens.org ...

Did you know that traditional Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) can cost hundreds of dollars per session and often requires bulky equipment and hospital visits? For many runners, this makes ...

Sex differences exist in the prevalence, diagnosis, treatment and survival of patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Although ...

How can doctors or researchers conduct cardiopulmonary exercise testing in individuals with lower limb injuries or disabilities that make it impossible to pedal a stationary exercise bicycle for the ...

Exercise stress testing performed within a week following primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) appears to be safe and may provide a simple and economical method to assess prognosis and ...

Echocardiography Echocardiography in association with CPX may provide a more thorough evaluation of CV and pulmonary physiology in patients with suspected PAH, although research is needed in this area ...

"ATTR amyloidosis was characterized by distinct patterns of functional impairment across all disease phenotypes, attributable to multiple physiological mechanisms. Multiple CPET parameters were ...