Exercise Test
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Role of lifestyle and aging on the longitudinal change in cardiorespiratory fitness.

24 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in adults decreases with age and is influenced by lifestyle. Low CRF is associated with risk of diseases and the ability of older persons to function independently. We defined the longitudinal rate of CRF ... Read more...

Safety of symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with chronic heart failure due to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: To assess the safety of symptom-limited exercise testing in patients with New York Heart Association class II-IV heart failure symptoms due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction, we investigated the frequency of all-cause fatal and ... Read more...

Outcomes, health policy, and managed care: relationships between patient-reported outcome measures and clinical measures in outpatients with heart failure.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Patient-reported outcomes are increasingly used to assess the efficacy of new treatments. Understanding relationships between these and clinical measures can facilitate their interpretation. We examined associations between ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Exercise Test'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Role of lifestyle and aging on the longitudinal change in cardiorespiratory fitness. 24 Oct 2009
• [68-year-old patient with syncope caused by climbing stairs] 19 Oct 2009
• Safety of symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with chronic heart failure due to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. 29 Sep 2009
• Outcomes, health policy, and managed care: relationships between patient-reported outcome measures and clinical measures in outpatients with heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Relationship of age and exercise performance in patients with heart failure: the HF-ACTION study. 29 Sep 2009
• Myocardial perfusion, function, and dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure: baseline results from the single-photon emission computed tomography imaging ancillary study of the Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION) Trial. 29 Sep 2009
• Relationship of Doppler-Echocardiographic left ventricular diastolic function to exercise performance in systolic heart failure: the HF-ACTION study. 29 Sep 2009
• N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and exercise capacity in chronic heart failure: data from the Heart Failure and a Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) study. 29 Sep 2009
• The relationship between body mass index and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in chronic systolic heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• New York Heart Association functional class predicts exercise parameters in the current era. 29 Sep 2009
• Baseline differences in the HF-ACTION trial by sex. 29 Sep 2009
• Exercise above the ischemic threshold and serum markers of myocardial injury. 29 Sep 2009
• Functional capacity and muscular abnormalities in subclinical hypothyroidism. 29 Sep 2009
• Calibration of accelerometer output for ambulatory adults with multiple sclerosis. 29 Sep 2009
• Cardiopulmonary stress testing in patients with pulmonary artery hypertension. 29 Sep 2009
• Prevalence and prognostic significance of incidental cardiac troponin T elevation in ambulatory patients with stable coronary artery disease: data from the Heart and Soul study. 29 Sep 2009
• Two-year multicomprehensive secondary prevention program: favorable effects on cardiovascular functional capacity and coronary risk profile after acute myocardial infarction. 29 Sep 2009
• Atypical presentation of anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. 29 Sep 2009
• Determinants of exercise capacity after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries. 29 Sep 2009
• Meta-analysis of prognostic value of stress testing in patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Exercise Test'

Definition: Controlled physical activity, more strenuous than at rest, which is performed in order to allow assessment of physiological functions, particularly cardiovascular and pulmonary, but also aerobic capacity. Maximal (most intense) exercise is usually required but submaximal exercise is also used. The intensity of exercise is often graded, using criteria such as rate of work done, oxygen consumption, and heart rate.

Descriptor UI: D005080

Alternative terms: Exercise Test; Exercise Tests; Test, Exercise; Tests, Exercise; Stress Test; Stress Tests; Test, Stress; Tests, Stress; Treadmill Test; Test, Treadmill; Tests, Treadmill; Treadmill Tests; Step Test; Step Tests; Test, Step; Tests, Step; Arm Ergometry Test; Arm Ergometry Tests; Ergometry Test, Arm; Ergometry Tests, Arm; Test, Arm Ergometry; Tests, Arm Ergometry; Bicycle Ergometry Test; Bicycle Ergometry Tests; Ergometry Test, Bicycle; Ergometry Tests, Bicycle; Test, Bicycle Ergometry; Tests, Bicycle Ergometry;

Related Mesh Headings: Echocardiography, Stress;

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Tree Number: E01.370.370.380.250; E01.370.386.700.250; E05.333.250;

History Note: 66(63)