Clinical, scintigraphic, and angiographic predictors of oxygen pulse abnormality in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary exercise testing

ConclusionsFemale sex, increasing body mass index, and myocardial fibrosis were significant predictors of abnormal O2 pulse curves. Myocardial ischemia and the presence and extent of CAD were not associated with the abnormal patterns of the O2 pulse curve.

Source: Clinical Cardiology - June 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Andrea De Lorenzo, Carlito Lessa da Silva, Fernando Cesar Castro Souza, Salvador Serra, Pablo Marino, Ronaldo SL Lima Tags: CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS Source Type: research