Exercise Testing and Prescription in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
The present paper provides a review of the literature regarding exercise testing, exercise capacity, and the role of exercise training in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Different measures of exercise capacity are discussed, including both simple and more advanced exercise parameters....
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| description | The present paper provides a review of the literature regarding exercise testing, exercise capacity, and the role of exercise training in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Different measures of exercise capacity are discussed, including both simple and more advanced exercise parameters. Different groups of patients, including shunt lesions, pulmonary valvar stenosis, patients after completion of Fontan circulation, and patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension are discussed separately in more detail. It has been underscored that an active lifestyle, taking exercise limitations and potential risks of exercise into account is of utmost importance. Increased exercise capacity in these patients is furthermore correlated with an improvement of objective and subjective quality of life. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-754f678cbda247369a0e9e6bf1e8b6cd2025-08-20T03:35:01ZengWileyInternational Journal of Pediatrics1687-97401687-97592010-01-01201010.1155/2010/791980791980Exercise Testing and Prescription in Patients with Congenital Heart DiseaseA. D. J. ten Harkel0T. Takken1Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The NetherlandsChild Development and Exercise Center, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, UMC Utrecht, 3508 AB Utrecht, The NetherlandsThe present paper provides a review of the literature regarding exercise testing, exercise capacity, and the role of exercise training in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Different measures of exercise capacity are discussed, including both simple and more advanced exercise parameters. Different groups of patients, including shunt lesions, pulmonary valvar stenosis, patients after completion of Fontan circulation, and patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension are discussed separately in more detail. It has been underscored that an active lifestyle, taking exercise limitations and potential risks of exercise into account is of utmost importance. Increased exercise capacity in these patients is furthermore correlated with an improvement of objective and subjective quality of life.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/791980 |
| spellingShingle | A. D. J. ten Harkel T. Takken Exercise Testing and Prescription in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease International Journal of Pediatrics |
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