Here is a list of articles with links that are relevant to cardiopulmonary stress testing from mettest.net:
The impact of combined cardiopulmonary exercise testing and SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging on downstream evaluation and management Journal of Nuclear Cardiology – Published Online: 15 May 2017 |
Ejection Fraction – Misunderstood and Overrated (Changing the Paradigm in Categorizing Heart Failure) Circulation. 2017;135:717–719. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.025795 |
Associations of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality events with oxygen uptake at ventilatory threshold International Journal of Cardiology – j.ijcard.2017.01.156 |
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A contemporary and versatile clinical tool Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine – Volume 84, Number 2. |
Temporal Reduction in Chronotropic Index Predicts Risk of Cardiovascular Death Among Healthy Middle-Aged Men: a 28-Year Follow-Up Study Journal of the American Heart Association: DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.004555 (PDF: 1,078 KB) |
Abnormal heart-rate response during cardiopulmonary exercise testing identifies cardiac dysfunction in symptomatic patients with non-obstructive coronary artery disease. International Journal of Cardiology 228 (2017) 114–121 / 2016.11.235 (PDF: 1,016 KB) |
Importance of Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Clinical Practice: A Case for Fitness as a Clinical Vital Sign – A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association American Heart Association, Inc. – Circulation. 2016;134:00–00. DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0.461 (PDF: 979 KB) |
Histological evaluation disqualifies IMT and calcification scores as surrogates for grading coronary and aortic atherosclerosis International Journal of Cardiology / September 2016. (PDF: 1,578 KB) |
Comparison of Fractional Flow Reserve Assessment With Demand Stress Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in Angiographically Intermediate Coronary Stenoses American Heart Association 2016 | DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.004129 (PDF: 721KB) |
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Heart Failure American College of Cardiology – VOL. 4. No. 8.2016 (PDF: 1,365KB) |
The association of clinical indication for exercise stress testing with all-cause mortality: the FIT Project Arch Med Sci 2016 (PDF: 75KB) |
Impact of CARDIOrespiratory FITness on Arrhythmia Recurrence in Obese Individuals with Atrial Fibrillation Journal of the American College of Cardiology – 2015 (PDF: 914KB) |
Exercise Capacity and Atrial Fibrillation Risk in Veterans: A Cohort Study Mayo Clin Proc. n May 2016;91(5):558-566 (PDF: 435KB) |
Cholesterol Lowering in Intermediate-Risk Persons without Cardiovascular Disease N ENGL J MED – NEJM.ORG (PDF: 536KB) |
Effect on smoking quit rate of telling patients their lung age: the Step2quit randomised controlled trial BMJ | ONLINE FIRST Published online November 2008. (PDF: 134KB) |
Age-dependent prognostic value of exercise capacity and derivation of fitness-associated biologic age BMJ Published November 2015. (PDF: 360KB) |
Association of Fitness in Young Adulthood With Survival and Cardiovascular Risk The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study JAMA Intern Med. DOI Published online Nov. 30, 2015. (PDF: 360KB) |
Emergence of Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease A Woman’s Problem and Need for Change in Definition on Angiography JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY @ 2015 VOL 66, NO. 17. (PDF: 603 KB) |
Evaluation of short‑term use of nocturnal nasal continuous positive airway pressure for a clinical profile and exercise capacity in adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome Lung India • Vol 32 • Issue 3 • May – Jun 2015 (PDF: 870 KB) |
Prevalence, Vascular Distribution, and Multiterritorial Extent of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in a Middle-Aged Cohort Circulation: 0.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014310 / (PDF: 2,364KB) |
Impact of the Exercise Mode on Exercise Capacity: Bicycle Testing Revisited CHEST – THE CARDIOPULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE JOURNAL (2005). (PDF: 658KB) |
Effects of Exercise Amount and Intensity on Abdominal Obesity and Glucose Tolerance in Obese Adults Annals of Internal Medicine / Vol. 162 No. 5 / 3 March 2015. (PDF: 235KB) |
Test-retest repeatability of cardiopulmonary exercise test variables in patients with cardiac or respiratory disease European Journal of Preventive Cardiology – Mar 18, 2014 (PDF: 303KB) |
Invasive Evaluation of Patients With Angina in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease CIRCULATION – AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION – 2/20/2015 (PDF: 1,036 KB) |
Multiple Causes for Ischemia Without Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease CIRCULATION – AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION – 2/20/2015 (PDF: 727 KB) |
Systematic Review of Patients Presenting With Suspected Myocardial Infarction and Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries CIRCULATION – AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION – 2015 (PDF: 1,289 KB) |
The Myth of the “Vulnerable Plaque” Transitioning From a Focus on Individual Lesions to Atherosclerotic Disease Burden for Coronary Artery Disease Risk Assessment JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY – 2015 (PDF: 1,669 KB) |
Impact of completeness of revascularization by coronary intervention on exercise capacity early after acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction ZHAO ET AL. JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY – 2014 (PDF: 401 KB) |
High sensitivity cardiac troponin and the under-diagnosis of myocardial infarction in women: prospective cohort study THE BMJ – 2015 (PDF: 644 KB) |
Comparative Effectiveness of Diagnostic Testing Strategies in Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain An Analysis of Downstream Testing, Interventions . . JAMA INTERN MED – 1/26/2015 – (PDF: 364KB) |
Prognostic Value of Exercise Capacity in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: The FIT (Henry Ford ExercIse Testing) Project MAYO CLINIC – 2014 – (PDF: 497 KB) |
Mortality Incidence of Patients With Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosed by Computed Tomography Angiography THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY – 2011 – (PDF: 775 KB) |
Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease and Risk of Myocardial Infarction AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION – November 5, 2014 – (PDF: 381 KB) |
Exercising for Health and Longevity vs Peak Performance: Different Regimens for Different Goals MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS – September 2014 – (PDF: 381 KB) |
Increased Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Associated With Excessive Exercise in Heart Attack Survivors MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS – September 2014 – (PDF: 409 KB) |
Physiological Basis and Long-Term Clinical Outcome of Discordance Between Fractional Flow Reserve and Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve in Coronary Stenoses of Intermediate Severity Circ Cardiovasc Interv June 2014 – (PDF: 896 KB) |
Cardiopulmonary Fitness and Heart Rate Recovery as Predictors of Mortality in a Referral Population Originally published March 24, 2014 – (PDF: 786 KB) |
Effects of Gender on Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Cardiac Outcomes American Heart Association – (PDF: 2136KB) |
Cardiopulmonary exercise Testing is more Accurate than ECG-stress Testing in Diagnosing Myocardial Ischemia in Subjects with Chest Pain International Journal of Cardiology – (PDF: 442 KB) |
The Utility of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing to Detect and Track Early-Stage Ischemic Heart Disease Mayo Clinic – October 2010;85(10):928-932 – (PDF: 766 KB) |
Exercise-Induced Myocardial Ischemia Detected by Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing The American Journal of Cardiology – (PDF: 275 KB) |
EIMI detected by CPET European Heart Journal – (PDF: 189 KB) |
Standards for the use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing for the functional evaluation of cardiac patients European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2009 – (PDF: 442 KB) |
The utility of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the assessment of suspected microvascular ischemia International Journal of Cardiology – (PDF: 201 KB) |
Oxygen Uptake Kinetics During and After Exercise are Useful Markers of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Exercise Electrocardiography Suggesting Myocardial Ischemia Advance Publication by J-STAGE – (PDF: 584 KB) |
ATS/ACCP Statement of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing American Thoracic Society & The American College of Chest Physicians. – (PDF: 797 KB) |