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Two common indications for pediatric heart transplantation are congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy. Prior studies suggest differences in chronotropy on cardiopulmonary exercise testing outcomes depending on indication for heart transplantation. We aimed to determine whether the number of pretransplant sternotomies is associated with differences in heart rate response during exercise testing.
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