Chronotropic Incompetence Limits Aerobic Exercise Capacity in Patients Taking Beta-Blockers: Real-Life Observation of Consecutive Patients.
Krzysztof SmarzMaciej TysarowskiBeata ZaborskaEwa Pilichowska-PaszkietMalgorzata Sikora-FracAndrzej BudajTomasz Jaxa-ChamiecPublished in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
In patients taking beta-blockers, presence of chronotropic incompetence was associated with lower EC, regardless of the beta-blocker dose. CI accounted for more than one-third of EC variance explained by our model.