Exercise Capacity

A home-based cardiac rehabilitation program improved functional capacity and was associated with regaining occupation and reduced dependence on disability benefits, researchers reported.

Exercise capacity, but not muscle strength, during early adulthood may indicate lower risk for carotid plaque development, according to findings published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Mavacamten improved a range of cardiopulmonary exercise testing parameters beyond peak oxygen uptake in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the EXPLORER-HCM randomized trial, researchers reported.

Sublingual nitroglycerin reduced pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction during exercise, but did not improve oxygen uptake or cardiac output, according to findings published in Circulation.

A meta-analysis suggested with low confidence that symptomatic long COVID was associated with decreased exercise capacity on cardiopulmonary exercise testing up to 3 months after initial SARS-COV-2 infection.

BOSTON — Pulmonary artery denervation improved exercise capacity and measures of cardiac function vs. a sham procedure in patients with WHO group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension, speaker reported.

BOSTON — Pulmonary artery denervation improved exercise capacity and measures of cardiac function vs. a sham procedure in patients with WHO group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension, speaker reported.

A 12-month, home-based exercise program improved exercise capacity and patient-perceived fitness in adults with COPD but did not affect dyspnea, according to new data published in Chest.

Exercise performance during cardiac rehabilitation, scored with a novel index, can reliably predict CV event risk at 1 year, according to data from a single-center study.

ATLANTA – A no-implant interatrial shunt improved HF symptoms including exercise capacity, quality of life and NYHA class at 3 and 6 months, a speaker reported.