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BACKGROUND Functional aerobic capacity (FAC) determined by treadmill exercise testing (TMET) is associated with cardiovascular (CV) disease mortality independent of traditional CV risk factors and is a potentially underutilized tool. The purpose of this study was to determine added prognostic value of reduced FAC and other exercise test abnormalities beyond CV risk factors for predicting total and CV mortality. METHODS The TMET database was queried for Minnesota patients (≥30 years) without baseline CV disease from September 21, 1993, through December 20, 2010. Risk factors and exercise abnormalities including low FAC (

Body mass index (BMI) does not differentiate fat and lean mass or the distribution of adipose tissue. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among patients entering outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (CR) across fat mass index (FMI) categories compared with BMI. This retrospective cross-sectional study evaluated dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in 483 CR patients from 1 January 2014, through 31 December 2017. Clinical data were extracted from the electronic health record. Patients were grouped by FMI and BMI categories. Mean (SD) age of patients was 64.3 (14) years. The normal FMI category had 15 patients, excess fat, 74, and obese, 384. In contrast, 93, 174, and 216 were in the normal, overweight, and obese BMI categories, respectively. Prevalence of MetS was 0 (0%) in normal, 5 (1%) in excess fat, and 167 (54%) in obese FMI, with 97% in the obese category. MetS prevalence was 4 patients (0.8%) in normal, 39 (8%) in overweight, and 129 (27%) in obese BMI categories, with 75% of MetS in the obese category. FMI more accurately classified CR patients with metabolically abnormal fat (p &lt, 0.001). FMI is a more sensitive index than BMI for metabolically abnormal fat of outpatient CR patients.

Some baseline characteristics and stress test findings are predictors of cardiovascular (CV) mortality; however, they are not as well-studied for cancer (CA) mortality. We reviewed our stress test database from 1993 to 2010. Patients with baseline cancer or cardiovascular disease were excluded.

Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is associated with cardiovascular outcomes and decreased exercise capacity including low functional capacity (LFC). The risk of long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) when SDB and LFC co-occur has not been determined. Our sample included patients who

Aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with severe aortic valve disease is the only effective treatment to relieve symptoms and improve survival. We sought to describe clinical and echocardiographic (echo) correlates of exercise performance and outcomes following AVR We retrospectively

Indications for aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with asymptomatic severe AS (ASAS) are currently not well defined ObjectiveTo investigate the potential role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) for identifying candidates for AVR in ASAS We reviewed CPX tests from November 2007-April