AIM: Few data are available regarding exercise testing in @entity1 with @entity1028 . The purpose of this study was to evaluate safety and to characterize the hemodynamic and cardiopulmonary ( @entity47817 ) response to exercise in a large group of @entity1 with @entity1028 . METHODS: Three hundred and six @entity1 with @entity1028 >= 3.0 to  <=5.0   cm (mean 72        8   years) underwent @entity47817 as part of a randomized trial of exercise training. @entity47817 and hemodynamic responses, @entity63 events, rhythm disturbances, and risk estimates based on treadmill scores were quantified and compared to an age-matched group of 2155 veterans referred for exercise testing for clinical reasons. RESULTS: Peak VO(2) was similar between @entity1 with @entity1028 and the referral group (20.0        6   ml/kg/min; 77 percent of age-predicted and 20.3        7   ml/kg/min; 80 percent of age-predicted, respectively). The incidence of exercise-induced @entity551 and @entity101 was higher in @entity1028 @entity1 versus the referral group (2.9 and 3.6 percent vs <1.0 percent, p   <   0.001), but there were no occurrences of @entity1165 (>= 3 beats) or other serious events in the @entity1028 subjects. The Duke Treadmill Score and VA Treadmill Scores, which estimate annual cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality, respectively, were similar between groups. CONCLUSIONS: @entity1 with @entity1028 have a slightly higher incidence of hyper- and @entity551 responses to exercise than age-matched referrals, but no serious events related to @entity47817 occurred. @entity1028 @entity1 can undergo maximal @entity47817 safely and have risk scores based on treadmill test results that are similar to age-matched referral subjects. These findings extend recent studies using sub-maximal evaluations to stratify risk in @entity1 considered for surgery, and support the routine use of exercise testing for risk evaluation and the functional assessment of @entity1 with @entity1028 .

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in small XXXX : profile, safety, and mortality estimates.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity1165 :: ('MESH:D017180', 'Disease') :: ['ventricular tachycardia'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension'] @entity63 :: ('MESH:D007511', 'Disease') :: ['ischemic'] @entity47817 :: ('MESH:C536426', 'Disease') :: ['CPX'] @entity551 :: ('MESH:D007022', 'Disease') :: ['hypotensive', 'hypotension'] @entity1028 :: ('MESH:D017544', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease', 'AAA']
@entity1028 :: (MESH:D017544,Disease) :: ['abdominal aortic aneurysm']
