Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in adults with congenital heart disease.

Adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at high risk for morbidity and mortality. Identifying those who are at highest risk of complications can be challenging, in part because self-reported functional status is not a reliable indicator of physiological status. Individuals with CHD may present with exercise limitation due to a variety of cardiac and non-cardiac causes. Cardiopulmonary ex...

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Can We Prognosticate and Improve Prognosis?

The primary task of the cardiopulmonary system is to provide blood flow and oxygen in quantities sufficient to support the individual’s metabolic needs. The cardiopulmonary system is maximally stressed when an individual’s metabolic rate is increased, a condition that occurs most commonly during physical activity or exercise. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) quantitatively assesses a pati...

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Can We Prognosticate and Improve Prognosis? Running title: Rhodes; Exercise testing in congenital heart disease

Comparison of health related quality of life with cardiopulmonary exercise testing in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease.

OBJECTIVES To compare self reported quality of life with measured exercise capacity in patients with congenital heart disease. DESIGN Prospective cross sectional clinical study. SETTING Tertiary referral centre for congenital cardiology. PATIENTS AND METHODS 149 patients (60 female, 14-60 years old) with various congenital heart defects completed a health related quality of life questionn...

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Comparison of health related quality of life with cardiopulmonary exercise testing in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease

Objectives: To compare self reported quality of life with measured exercise capacity in patients with congenital heart disease. Design: Prospective cross sectional clinical study Setting: Tertiary referral centre for congenital cardiology Patients and methods: 149 patients (60 female, 14–60 years old) with various congenital heart defects completed a health related quality of life questionnaire...