Changes and prognostic value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing parameters in elderly patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation: The EU-CaRE observational study.

Changes and prognostic value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing parameters in elderly patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation: The EU-CaRE observational study.

<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed 1) to test the applicability of the previously suggested prognostic value of CPET to elderly cardiac rehabilitation patients and 2) to explore the underlying mechanism of the greater improvement in exercise capacity (peak oxygen consumption, VO2) after CR in su...

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Main Authors: Thimo Marcin, Prisca Eser, Eva Prescott, Leonie F Prins, Evelien Kolkman, Wendy Bruins, Astrid E van der Velde, Carlos Peña Gil, Marie-Christine Iliou, Diego Ardissino, Uwe Zeymer, Esther P Meindersma, Arnoud W J Van't Hof, Ed P de Kluiver, Matthias Wilhelm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255477

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