Peak aerobic capacity predicts prognosis in patients with coronary heart disease

• Published in: The American heart journal Vol. 156; no. 2; pp. 292 - 300
• Main Authors: Keteyian, Steven J., PhD, Brawner, Clinton A., MS, Savage, Patrick D., MS, Ehrman, Jonathan K., PhD, Schairer, John, DO, Divine, George, PhD, Aldred, Heather, PhD, Ophaug, Kristin, BS, Ades, Philip A., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.08.2008; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Body Mass Index; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Cause of Death; Coronary Disease - diagnosis; Coronary Disease - metabolism; Coronary Disease - mortality; Coronary heart disease; Drug therapy; Exercise; Exercise Test; Exercise Tolerance; Female; Heart; Heart attacks; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Multivariate Analysis; Observation; Oxygen Consumption; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Risk; Detroit Michigan; United States > US; Human; Prognosis; Capacity; Prediction; Cardiovascular disease; Peak; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Coronary heart disease

Background It is unknown if contemporary preventive treatments such as statins or primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) have rendered obsolete the use of measured exercise capacity for assessment of future risk and prognosis. Using a sample of patie...