Reproducibility of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in elderly patients with congestive heart failure

Am J Cardiol. 1998 Oct 1;82(7):905-9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00502-5.

Abstract

Elderly patients with congestive heart failure, including those with preserved systolic function, underwent maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Maximal exercise oxygen consumption, exercise time, heart rate, respiratory exchange ratio, and ventilatory anaerobic threshold showed good reproducibility.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anaerobic Threshold / physiology
  • Electrocardiography / statistics & numerical data
  • Exercise Test / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure / epidemiology*
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Hemodynamics / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Systole / physiology