Exercise testing in pulmonary hypertension and heart failure, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 21-1 - November 20, 2024
- Editor: Scott Visovatti
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 0 0 1 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 0 0 2 - 1
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Heart Failure Clinics, guest editor Dr. Scott Visovatti brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Exercise Testing in Pulmonary Hypertension and Heart Failure. Top experts in the field discuss the invasive cardiopulmonary exercise test; cardiopulmonary exercise testing in advanced heart failure management; exercise testing in elite athletes; cardiopulmonary exercise testing in pulmonary hypertension; and much more.
- Contains 10 relevant, practice-oriented topics including case studies in cardiovascular exercise testing; cardiopulmonary exercise testing in research; non-invasive assessment of the pulmonary circulation-right ventricular functional unit: diagnostic and prognostic implications; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on exercise testing in pulmonary hypertension and heart failure, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Normal Hemodynamic Response to Exercise
- Key points
- Introduction
- Physiologic pulmonary circulation response to exercise
- Invasive versus non-invasive monitoring of the right heart and pulmonary circulation unit response to exercise
- Clinical implications
- Summary and future directions
- Clinics care points
- Exercise Testing in Elite Athletes
- Key points
- Introduction
- Cardiovascular response to exercise
- Considerations for exercise testing in athletes
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Exercise Hemodynamics in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure
- Cardiac output pressure slopes
- Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and outcomes
- Cardiac output exercise response in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
- Clinics care points
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Advanced Heart Failure Management
- Key points
- Background
- Approach to performing cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with heart failure
- Physiologic basis for specific cardiopulmonary exercise testing parameters and approach to their measurements
- Invasive exercise hemodynamics in advanced heart failure
- Safety of cardiopulmonary exercise testing
- Risk stratification and patient selection for advanced heart failure interventions
- Multivariate cardiopulmonary exercise testing risk-assessment approaches
- Invasive hemodynamic measurements during exercise in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing assessment in advanced mechanical support therapy
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Pulmonary Hypertension
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- The Non-invasive Assessment of the Pulmonary Circulation-Right Ventricular Functional Unit: Diagnostic and Prognostic Implications
- Key points
- Introduction
- Six-minute walk test
- Echocardiography at rest
- Exercise echocardiography
- Cardiopulmonary exercise test
- Computed tomography
- Cardiac magnetic resonance
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- The Invasive Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test: A Practical Guide
- Key points
- Introduction
- The invasive cardiopulmonary exercise test protocol
- Invasive cardiopulmonary exercise test interpretation
- Considerations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- How to Start an Invasive Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Program: A Comprehensive and Practical Guide
- Key points
- Introduction
- My path to exercise physiology
- Where do you begin?
- Pre-considerations
- Considerations for developing an invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing program
- Develop a business plan
- Who are the key stakeholders?
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing director
- Build a team
- Invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing defined
- Develop your workflow in advance
- Our invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing procedure
- How is the room going to be set up?
- Who is going to process the blood gases?
- Referrals and orders
- So, you want to do research?
- Summary
- Was it worth it?
- Clinics care points
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Research
- Key points
- Introduction
- Research applications of exercise testing: elucidating pathophysiology
- Research applications of exercise testing: identifcation of novel endophenotypes
- Future directions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing, Rehabilitation, and Exercise Training in Postpulmonary Embolism
- Key points
- Introduction
- Post-Pulmonary Embolism Exercise Impairment
- Exercise training in cardiopulmonary disease
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Exercise Training in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
- Key points
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics Care Points
- Limitations
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 21-1
- Published: November 20, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443130014
- eBook ISBN: 9780443130021
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Scott Visovatti
Affiliations and expertise
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University