IMPACT OF REFERRING PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY ON DOWNSTREAM TESTING AFTER EXERCISE TREADMILL TESTING

UTILITY OF ROUTINE EXERCISE TREADMILL TESTING EARLY AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION Short Title: Exercise Treadmill Testing Early After PCI

Repeated Treadmill Exercise Testing Soon After Myocardial Infarction

To determine the response to repeated treadmill exercise testing soon after uncomplicated myocardial infarction, 24 males (mean age 54 6 years) performed two symptom-limited tests several days apart 3, 7 and 11 weeks after the acute event. Significant within-week differences were noted for peak exercise tolerance (mets) and peak heart rate at 7 weeks (p < 0.05). Significant within-week differen...

Prognostic Value of Treadmill Exercise Testing

Background—The prognostic value of treadmill exercise testing (TMET) has been studied in selected populations. The generalizability of these data to different populations and to women is uncertain. Methods and Results—A retrospective, population-based cohort study of all persons (1452 men and 741 women) who underwent TMET in years 1987 to 1989 in Olmsted County, Minnesota, was undertaken. Indiv...

Development and implementation of treadmill exercise testing protocols in COPD

BACKGROUND Because treadmill exercise testing is more representative of daily activity than cycle testing, we developed treadmill protocols to be used in various clinical settings as part of a two-year, multicenter, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) trial evaluating the effect of tiotropium on exercise. METHODS We enrolled 519 COPD patients aged 64.6 ± 8.3 years with a postbronchod...

Reliable prediction of coronary disease using treadmill exercise testing.