title: Patients with single-ventricle physiology: prognostic implications of stress testing.
abstract: This study used a retrospective analysis of adults with single-ventricle physiology to ascertain the predictive power of cardiopulmonary stress-testing parameters in determining patients at increased risk of suffering from adverse clinical outcomes. We found that the specific parameters of percent of maximum predicted heart rate achieved and maximum oxygen consumption were significantly correlated with adverse clinical outcomes in patients with single-ventricle congenital heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Brenton S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Jamil A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Aboulhosn
authors.forename: Ryan J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Child
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D055815:Young Adult