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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in small abdominal aortic aneurysm: profile, safety, and mortality estimates EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION Myers, J., Powell, A., Smith, K., Fonda, H., Dalman, R. L. 2011; 18 (3): 459-466

Abstract

Few data are available regarding exercise testing in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate safety and to characterize the hemodynamic and cardiopulmonary (CPX) response to exercise in a large group of patients with AAA.Three hundred and six patients with AAA =3.0 to =5.0?cm (mean 72?±?8?years) underwent CPX as part of a randomized trial of exercise training. CPX and hemodynamic responses, ischemic events, rhythm disturbances, and risk estimates based on treadmill scores were quantified and compared to an age-matched group of 2155 veterans referred for exercise testing for clinical reasons.Peak VO(2) was similar between patients with AAA and the referral group (20.0?±?6?ml/kg/min; 77 percent of age-predicted and 20.3?±?7?ml/kg/min; 80 percent of age-predicted, respectively). The incidence of exercise-induced hypotension and hypertension was higher in AAA patients versus the referral group (2.9 and 3.6 percent vs <1.0 percent, p?

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