HRR (Heart Rate Recovery)
METs (Metabolic equivalents of task)
Exercise Test Responses
Exercise test interpretation
Factors to consider
- ST Measurements
- ST slope/level
- ST/HR index
- ST/HR Hysteresis
- Risk Assessment
- HRR
- METs
- TWA
- Duke
- FVEr
- Functional measurements
- METs
- HRR
- RPP
- Chronotropic responses
Exercise Testing Protocols
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