Exercise Testing in Patients with Arrhythmias

Exercise testing has become an important method for evaluation of pediatric patients with known or suspected arrhythmias. It has proven useful in patients with exercise-induced symptoms, patients with congenital heart disease, and patients with pacemakers. Exercise has predictable effects on the normal electrocardiogram. Exercise can also bring out abnormalities in cardiac rhythm that may not be present at rest. The results of exercise testing can provide information that directs further therapy or evaluation. Exercise testing also helps to evaluate the efficacy of antiarrhythmic therapy in some patients.

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Heart Rate Recovery Following Exercise Testing in Pediatric Patients with Acyanotic Repaired Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiology ◽

10.1007/s00246-021-02788-7 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Natalie S. Shwaish ◽

Lindsey Malloy-Walton ◽

Keith Feldman ◽

Kelli M. Teson ◽

Jessica S. Watson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Congenital Heart Disease ◽

Heart Disease ◽

Exercise Testing ◽

Congenital Heart ◽

Pediatric Patients ◽

Heart Rate Recovery

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Rehabilitation during congenital heart disease in pediatric patients

Minerva Pediatrica ◽

10.23736/s0026-4946.16.04737-x ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 71 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Jing Tian ◽

Xinjiang An ◽

Ling Niu

Keyword(s):

Congenital Heart Disease ◽

Heart Disease ◽

Congenital Heart ◽

Pediatric Patients

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Pharmacokinetics of Acetaminophen in Pediatric Patients With Congenital Heart Disease

Case Medical Research ◽

10.31525/ct1-nct04278625 ◽

2020 ◽

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Keyword(s):

Congenital Heart Disease ◽

Heart Disease ◽

Congenital Heart ◽

Pediatric Patients

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Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing—A Valuable Tool, Not Gatekeeper When Referring Patients With Adult Congenital Heart Disease for Transplant Evaluation

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery ◽

10.1177/2150135118825263 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 286-291 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jonathan N. Menachem ◽

Nosheen Reza ◽

Jeremy A. Mazurek ◽

Danielle Burstein ◽

Edo Y. Birati ◽

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Keyword(s):

Congenital Heart Disease ◽

Heart Disease ◽

Exercise Testing ◽

Congenital Heart ◽

Adult Congenital Heart Disease ◽

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing ◽

Peak Oxygen Consumption ◽

Cardiopulmonary Exercise ◽

Advanced Therapies ◽

Adult Congenital

Introduction: Treatment of patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) with advanced therapies including heart transplant (HT) is often delayed due to paucity of objective prognostic markers for the severity of heart failure (HF). While the utility of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) in non-ACHD patients has been well-defined as it relates to prognosis, CPET for this purpose in ACHD is still under investigation. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of 20 consecutive patients with ACHD who underwent HT between March 2010 and February 2016. Only 12 of 20 patients underwent CPET prior to transplantation. Demographics, standard measures of CPET interpretation, and 30-day and 1-year post transplantation outcomes were collected. Results: Patient Characteristics. Twenty patients with ACHD were transplanted at a median of 40 years of age (range: 23-57 years). Of the 12 patients who underwent CPET, 4 had undergone Fontan procedures, 4 had tetralogy of Fallot, 3 had d-transposition of the great arteries, and 1 had Ebstein anomaly. Thirty-day and one-year survival was 100%. All tests included in the analysis had a peak respiratory quotient _1.0. The median peak oxygen consumption per unit time (_VO2) for all diagnoses was 18.2 mL/kg/min (46% predicted), ranging from 12.2 to 22.6. Conclusion: There is a paucity of data to support best practices for patients with ACHD requiring transplantation. While it cannot be proven based on available data, it could be inferred that outcomes would have been worse or perhaps life sustaining options unavailable if providers delayed referral because of the lack of attainment of CPET-specific thresholds.

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