Juliana Goulart Prata Oliveira Milani, Mauricio Milani, Felipe Vilaça Cavallari Machado, Matthias Wilhelm, Thimo Marcin, Flavio D'Ascenzi, Luna Cavigli, Charly Keytsman, Maarten Falter, Bruno Bonnechere, Raf Meesen, Fabrício Braga, Graziella França Bernardelli Cipriano, Veronique Cornelissen, Kenneth Verboven, Gerson Cipriano Junior, Dominique Hansen
AIMS: To develop and validate equations predicting heart rate (HR) at the first and second ventilatory thresholds (VTs) and an optimized range-adjusted prescription for patients with cardiometabolic disease (CMD). To compare their performance against guideline-based exercise intensity domains. METHODS: Cross-sectional study involving 2,868 CMD patients from nine countries. HR predictive equations for first and second VTs (VT1, VT2) were developed using multivariate linear regression with 975 cycle-ergometer cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET)...
April 18, 2024: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology