This updated AHA statement provides comprehensive guidelines on the requirements, indications, and protocols for clinical stress testing in children.
This statement is an updated report of the American Heart Association's previous publications on exercise in children. In this statement, exercise laboratory requirements for environment, equipment, staffing, and procedures are presented. Indications and contraindications to stress testing are discussed, as are types of testing protocols and the use of pharmacological stress protocols. Current stress laboratory practices are reviewed on the basis of a survey of pediatric cardiology training programs.
Paridon et al. (2006) studied this question.