Pick your threshold: a comparison among different methods of anaerobic threshold evaluation in heart failure prognostic assessment
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In clinical practice, anaerobic threshold (AT) is used to guide training and rehabilitation programs, to define risk of major thoracic or abdominal surgery, and to assess prognosis in heart failure (HF). AT of oxygen uptake (V.O2; V.O2AT) has been reported as an absolute value (V.O2ATabs), as a percentage of predicted peak V.O2 (V.O2AT%peak_pred), or as a percentage of observed peak V.O2 (V.O2AT%peak_obs). A direct comparison of the prognostic power among these different ways to report AT is missing.
Reference: Pick your threshold: a comparison among different methods of anaerobic threshold evaluation in heart failure prognostic assessment.
Salvioni E, Mapelli M, Bonomi A, Magrì D, Piepoli M, Frigerio M, Paolillo S, Corrà U, Raimondo R, Lagioia R, Badagliacca R, Filardi PP, Senni M, Correale M, Cicoira M, Perna E, Metra M, Guazzi M, Limongelli G, Sinagra G, Parati G, Cattadori G, Bandera F, Bussotti M, Re F, Vignati C, Lombardi C, Scardovi AB, Sciomer S, Passantino A, Emdin M, Passino C, Santolamazza C, Girola D, Zaffalon D, De Martino F, Agostoni P; MECKI score research group. Chest. 2022 Jun 23:S0012-3692(22)01184-9.