[Tolerance of physical exercise in angina pectoris]
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Conducting Maximal and Submaximal Endurance Exercise Testing to Measure Physiological and Biological Responses to Acute Exercise in Humans
Published on: October 17, 2018
Abstract:
Bicycle tests were used in 250 patients suffering from angina pectoris. The exercise was practised until the prodromal signs of an anginal seizure appeared. The mean values of exercise causing an anginal seizure appeared to be equal to 5.1 plus or minus 0.26 kgm/kg in angina decubitus and angina of effort; 11.9 plus or minus 0.67 kgm/kg is cases of daily seizures of angina of effort; 20.8 plus or minus 0.85 kg/kg in cases of several seizures a week after increased physical exercises, and 29.0 plus or minus 2.21 kgm/kg in cases of rare seizures (once a week or less frequently). This permits to believe that in cases of angina pectoris difficult of diagnosis its severity can be made precise by means of bicycle tests. The physician's assessment of the severity of angina is influenced by the physical activity of the patient in everyday life.
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