Patterns of oxygen consumption during exercise testing in peripheral vascular disease
Exercise testing on a treadmill was performed in 15 patients with peripheral vascular disease to determine the pattern of oxygen consumption during exercise. A plateau in the oxygen consumption over the final 90 s of exercise was used as a criterion for maximal effort and only 4 out of 15 (27%) obta...
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Published in | Cardiology Vol. 74; no. 3; p. 236 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Switzerland
1987
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Summary: | Exercise testing on a treadmill was performed in 15 patients with peripheral vascular disease to determine the pattern of oxygen consumption during exercise. A plateau in the oxygen consumption over the final 90 s of exercise was used as a criterion for maximal effort and only 4 out of 15 (27%) obtained a plateau of oxygen consumption compared to 20 out of 26 (77%) normal subjects (chi 2 7.9, p less than 0.005). These findings may account for the limited value of exercise testing in detecting coronary artery disease in patients with peripheral vascular disease. |
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ISSN: | 0008-6312 |
DOI: | 10.1159/000174203 |