Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in congenital heart disease: equipment and test protocols

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? Running title: Rhodes; Exercise testing in congenital heart disease

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...

Non-thyroidal illness syndrome and cardiopulmonary bypass in children with congenital heart disease

 Abstract Background: The thyroid hormones influence on all metabolic pathways. After heart surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), serum T3 decreases and remains low for at least 24 hours. Several studies on pediatric have reported reduction of thyroid hormones after heart surgery. This study aimed to investigate the status of thyroid function tests in children with CPB surgery. Metho...

Exercise Testing and Prescription in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

The present paper provides a review of the literature regarding exercise testing, exercise capacity, and the role of exercise training in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Different measures of exercise capacity are discussed, including both simple and more advanced exercise parameters. Different groups of patients, including shunt lesions, pulmonary valvar stenosis, patients after ...