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Clinical Utility of Measuring Inspiratory Neural Drive During Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) KU Leuven
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) has traditionally included ventilatory and metabolic measurements alongside electrocardiographic characterization; however, research increasingly acknowledges the utility of also measuring inspiratory neural drive (IND) through its surrogate measure of diaphragmatic electromyography (EMGdi). While true IND also encompasses the activation of non-diaphragmatic respiratory muscles, the current review focuses ...
Clinical recommendations for cardiopulmonary exercise testing data assessment in specific patient populations KU Leuven University of Antwerp
Clinical Recommendations for Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Data Assessment in Specific Patient Populations KU Leuven University of Antwerp
Clinician approach to cardiopulmonary exercise testing for exercise prescription in patients at risk of and with cardiovascular disease Hasselt University
Exercise training is highly recommended in current guidelines on primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This is based on the cardiovascular benefits of physical activity and structured exercise, ranging from improving the quality of life to reducing CVD and overall mortality. Therefore, exercise should be treated as a powerful medicine and critical component of the management plan for patients at risk for or diagnosed ...
Standards for the use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing for the functional evaluation of cardiac patients: a report from the Exercise Physiology Section of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation KU Leuven
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a methodology that has profoundly affected the approach to patients' functional evaluation, linking performance and physiological parameters to the underlying metabolic substratum and providing highly reproducible exercise capacity descriptors. This study provides professionals with an up-to-date review of the rationale sustaining the use of CPET for functional evaluation of cardiac patients in both the ...
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing with Echocardiography to Identify Mechanisms of Unexplained Dyspnea Hasselt University Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Little data is available about the pathophysiological mechanisms of unexplained dyspnea and their clinical meaning. Consecutive patients with unexplained dyspnea underwent prospective standardized cardiopulmonary exercise testing with echocardiography (CPETecho). Patients were grouped as having normal exercise capacity (peak VO2 > 80% with respiratory exchange [RER] > 1.05), reduced exercise capacity (peak VO2 <= 80% with RER > ...
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing With Simultaneous Echocardiography Vrije Universiteit Brussel Hasselt University KU Leuven
Silent coronary artery disease in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis and normal exercise testing Vrije Universiteit Brussel
OBJECTIVE: There are no data about the prevalence of silent coronary artery disease in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis patients with normal exercise testing. Importantly, unmasking significant coronary artery disease in patients with aortic stenosis could influence the choice/timing of treatment in these patients.
METHOD: Exercise testing was performed on semi-supine ergobicycle. Cardiopulmonary analysis during exercise testing, ...
Diagnostic accuracy of exercise stress testing for coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Exercise stress testing offers a non-invasive, less expensive way of risk stratification prior to coronary angiography, and a negative stress test may actually avoid angiography. However, previous meta-analyses have not included all exercise test modalities, or patients without known Coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS AND RESULTS: We systematically reviewed the literature to determine the diagnostic accuracy of exercise stress ...