Cardiopulmonary exercise testing may be useful in characterizing distinct patterns of functional impairment in patients with transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR), a multisystem, life-threatening disease ...

Objective Treadmill test protocols for concussion assessment have been validated for patients aged 13 and up; however, no evidence-based guidelines exist for younger children. We designed and assessed ...

The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is an assessment that a doctor may use to determine a person’s exercise tolerance. It is a low risk test that measures how far a person can walk in 6 minutes. It may be ...

NEW YORK (Dec. 11, 2007) -- In as many as one in five people over age 55, when the heart contracts to send blood around the body, some degree of backward leakage occurs across the mitral valve, a ...

The Cardio-Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department provides outpatient services to patients recovering from heart and lung diseases. Our services include supervised exercise sessions, education, and ...

Garden-variety exercise stress testing can be used in patients who have angina with nonobstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA) to uncover the presence of coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD), new ...

Regular exercise may boost pain tolerance — a new finding that may have implications for those experiencing chronic pain, new research suggests. In a large observational study of more than 10,000 ...