ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024
Target Heart Rate Formulas for Exercise Stress Testing: What Is the Evidence?
Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Beta-Blockers and Exercise Performance in Children With Long QT Syndrome.JACC. Clinical electrophysiology · 2026Article
- Utility of stress parameters to determine prognosis following normal exercise SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2026Article
- Unlocking high-intensity performance thresholds through ventilatory signatures in the ECG.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Age-Stratified Prognostic Comparison of Three Chronotropic Incompetence Definitions in Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Exercise Stress SPECT-MPI.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: Time to rethink the validity of non-metabolic thresholds?International journal of cardiology · 2025Article
- Cardiorespiratory fitness in stroke patients with different activities of daily living levels: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Enhancing Neuroplasticity Post Stroke: The Role of Cognitive-Behavioral Training.Brain sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Exercise stress testing (EST) is commonly used to evaluate chest pain, with some labs using 85% of age-predicted maximum heart rate (APMHR) as an endpoint for EST. The APMHR is often calculated using the formula 220-age. However, the accuracy of this formula and 85% APMHR as an endpoint may be questioned. Moreover, failing to reach 85% APMHR (known as chronotropic insufficiency) may also indicate poor cardiovascular prognosis, but measurements, such as percentage heart rate reserve (%HRR), maximum rate pressure product (MRPP), and the maximum metabolic equivalent of tasks (METs) reached during EST may provide better prediction of cardiovascular outcomes than not reaching 85% of APMHR. There is a need to incorporate comprehensive measurements to improve the diagnostic and prognostic capabilities of EST.
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