Pulmonary vascular responses to exercise: a haemodynamic observation
Why the study?
Does exercise testing provide additional diagnostic and prognostic information over resting assessment in patients with pulmonary hypertension?
Population
Patients with pulmonary hypertension (conceptual discussion)
Comparison
Exercise (stress) testing vs Resting conditions
Design
Editorial
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Exercise testing may provide further insight into right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary artery coupling in pulmonary hypertension compared to resting assessment alone.
Structured PICO
Does exercise testing provide additional diagnostic and prognostic information over resting assessment in patients with pulmonary hypertension?
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Population
Patients with pulmonary hypertension (conceptual discussion)
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Intervention
Exercise (stress) testing
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Comparator
Resting conditions
Exercise testing may provide further insight into right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary artery coupling in pulmonary hypertension compared to resting assessment alone.
Cite This Study
Saggar et al. (2012) studied this question.