ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Identifying a Heart Rate Recovery Criterion After a 6-Minute Walk Test in COPD.
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Genetic Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPDGene)
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The Predictive Value of the Combined FVC/DLCO Ratio and 1-Minute Heart Rate Recovery After Exercise in Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Pulmonary Hypertension.International journal of general medicine · 2026Article
- Unravelling the role of heart rate recovery in bronchiectasis: do we need to establish a cutoff value?ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Heart Rate Recovery After Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Predicts Acute Exacerbations in Patients with Moderate Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Article
- Prognostic value of the post-exercise heart rate recovery and BHDE-index in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2023Observational
- An Initial Assessment of the Decline With Age for the 6-minute Walk Test (6MWT) in Chinese Older Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2023Article
- Heart Rate Variability on 10-Second Electrocardiogram and Risk of Acute Exacerbation of COPD: A Secondary Analysis of the BLOCK COPD Trial.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2022Article
- Chronotropic index during 6-minute walk and acute respiratory events in COPDGene.Respiratory medicine · 2022Article
- Effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on heart rate recovery in adult individuals with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Convergent cardiorespiratory neurons represent a significant portion of cardiac and respiratory neurons in the vagal ganglia.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSlow heart rate recovery (HRR) after exercise is associated with autonomic dysfunction and increased mortality. What HRR criterion at 1-minute after a 6-minute walk test (6MWT) best defines pulmonary impairment?. STUDY DESIGN AND
methodsA total of 5008 phase 2 COPDGene (NCT00608764) participants with smoking history were included. A total of 2127 had COPD and, of these, 385 were followed-up 5-years later. Lung surgery, transplant, bronchiectasis, atrial fibrillation, heart failure and pacemakers were exclusionary. HR was measured from pulse oximetry at end-walk and after 1-min seated recovery. A receiver operator characteristic (ROC) identified optimal HRR cut-off. Generalized linear regression determined HRR association with spirometry, chest CT, symptoms and exacerbations.
resultsHRR after 6MWT (bt/min) was categorized in quintiles: ≤5 (23.0% of participants), 6-10 (20.7%), 11-15 (18.9%), 16-22 (18.5%) and ≥23 (18.9%). Compared to HRR≤5, HRR≥11 was associated with (p<0.001): lower pre-walk HR and 1-min post HR; greater end-walk HR; greater 6MWD; greater FEV
conclusionHRR≤10 bt/min after 6MWT in COPD is associated with more severe expiratory flow limitation, airway wall thickening, worse dyspnoea and quality of life, and future exacerbations, suggesting that an abnormal HRR≤10 bt/min after a 6MWT may be used in a comprehensive assessment in COPD for risk of severity, symptoms and future exacerbations.
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