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November 1, 1991European Heart Journal

Cardiac function and maximal exercise capacity early after acute myocardial infarction

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Why the study?

Does resting left and right ventricular function correlate with maximal exercise capacity early after acute myocardial infarction?

Population

43 male patients with recent acute myocardial infarction with a wide range of left ventricular function and…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

NGN. GADSBOLLPHPoul Flemming Høilund‐CarlsenJBJ.H. Badsberg

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Overview

Maximal exercise capacity early after MI appears independent of resting ventricular function; hypothesis-generating for complementary roles of exercise testing and imaging.

Structured PICO

Does resting left and right ventricular function correlate with maximal exercise capacity early after acute myocardial infarction?

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Population
43 male patients with recent acute myocardial infarction (Killip Class I, n = 36; Killip Class II, n = 7) with a wide range of left ventricular function and size, tested less than 4 weeks after AMI.
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Intervention
Graded bicycle exercise testing and resting radionuclide ventriculography
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Outcome
Relationship between left and right ventricular function measured at rest and maximal exercise capacity (estimated VO2 max)surrogate

Maximal exercise capacity early after acute myocardial infarction is virtually independent of resting left and right ventricular function, indicating that exercise testing and resting imaging provide complementary clinical information.

Cite This Study

GADSBOLL et al. (1991) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a710f1cfebe604dd709c980https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/12.11.1189
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