Exercise testing in patients with heart disease.
Exercise tests performed in the clinic give important qualitative and quantitative information. Psychological scaling of main symptoms is most valuable to define a patient's incapacitation and maximal performance. In pharmacological testing this is of utmost importance, particularly in patients with angina pectoris or heart failure. In chronic heart failure there is a poor correlation between the maximal working capacity and the performance of the heart.
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000503:physiopathology; D005080:Exercise Test; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans