Exercise physiology and testing in adult patients with congenital heart disease

Jonathan Buber, Jonathan Rhodes*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

As the longevity of patients with congenital heart disease improves, the number surviving to adulthood will continue to rise. Consequently, practicing physicians can expect to encounter an increasing number of adult patients with various congenital cardiac conditions. Impaired exercise tolerance in this patient population is exceptionally common; adult patients with congenital heart disease have reduced exercise capacity compared with healthy, age-matched counterparts. The different methods of evaluating exercise capacity, the characteristic physiologic abnormalities encountered in patients with various congenital cardiac conditions, the pathophysiologic mechanisms that may account for these abnormalities, and the clinical implications of these findings are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)23-33
Number of pages11
JournalHeart Failure Clinics
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adults
  • Congenital heart diseases
  • Exercise physiology
  • Exercise testing
  • Exercise training

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