Long-term follow-up of patients undergoing standardized bicycle exercise stress testing: new recommendations for grading of exercise capacity are clinically relevant.
Thomas LindowLars BrudinViktor ElmbergMagnus EkströmPublished in: Clinical physiology and functional imaging (2019)
Reduced exercise capacity is associated with increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, as well as increased risk of future IHD and heart failure diagnosis and hospitalization. In patients with reduced exercise capacity, mortality is progressively increased with worsening grade of exercise capacity.