Heart Rate Response to Exercise and Recovery: INDEPENDENT PROGNOSTIC MEASURES IN PATIENTS WITHOUT KNOWN MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Purpose: Heart rate response during exercise testing (ET) provides valuable prognostic information. Limited data are available regarding the prognostic interplay of heart rate (HR) measured at rest, exercise and recovery phases of ET, and its ability to predict risk beyond exercise capacity. Methods: Retrospective analysis of treadmill ETs was performed by the Bruce protocol in patients aged 35-75 yr without known cardiovascular disease (CVD; n = 13 887; 47% women). Heart rate recovery at 2 min (HRR2; defined abnormal
Source: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Prevention Source Type: research