107 Unit 1

Exercise is a commmon physiologic stress used to obtain _________ ____________ and _________ ___ ________ __________.

cardiovascular abnormalities, adequacy of cardiac function

Exercise electrocardiography is one of the most frequent noninvasive modalities used to assess patients with suspected or proven cardiovascular disease.

True!

The magnitude of ____________ _____________ during exercise depends on severity and amount of muscle mass involved

hemodynamic response

Exercise stress testing is mainly used to get prognosis, determine functional capacity, likelihood of ______ and the effects of therapy

CAD

When are steady-state conditions usually reached at fixed submaximal workloads below anaerobic threshold?

After 2nd minute of exercise

When exercise progresses, total calculated peripheral resistance ____________

decreases

Name the functional classes from healthy and able to do sports to unhealthy, not able to do any activities.

I, II, III, IV

At rest, CO and SV are __________ when the person is in a supine position than when in an upright position

higher

Venous return, LV End diastolic Vol and Press, and SV ___________ when someone goes from supine to upright.

decrease

Gravity decreases blood flow

True!

Exercise performance increases time, HR, and cardiac index by _____ % when going from supine to upright

10%

What are the 3 main types of exercise (protocols)?

Static, dynamic and resistive

Static exercise

isometric

Dynamic exercise

isotonic

Resistive exercise

isometric/isotonic

In general, approx. ___-___ minutes of continuous progressive exercise is optimal for diagnostic/prognostic purposes

12-Aug

__________ exercise exerts muscles at high intensities w/o movement of joints and produces a greater BP response than dynamic exercise

Isometric/static

Increase in HR and BP are proportional to _______ exerted

force

During _______ exercise the patient sustains 20% to 30% of max force for 3-5 minutes while ECG and BP is recorded

static

What kind of exercise keeps joints and muscles moving?

Dynamic (isotonic)

Swimming, walking, bicycling, weight training

All dynamic exercise

What is improved by continuous movements of dynamic exercise?

Blood circulation, strength and endurance

Lifting weights

Resistive

Functional capacity can be overestimated by as much as ___% if patients use handrails

20%

Bruce protocol (treadmill) is used for stress testing in whom?

Healthy people

Modified Bruce protocol, which includes two warm up stages for 3 min at 1.7 mph on the treadmill will be used for whom?

Older people/ people who have cardiac diseases that limit exercise capacity

Uses 1-2 minute stages with 1-MET increments between stages. Used with patients that have limited exercise tolerance (compensated heart failure)

Naughton and Weber protocols

Arm Ergonometry

Arm cranking at 10-20 W for 2 or 3 minute stages

Bicycle Ergonometry

Constant pedaling at 60-80 rpm

Walk test

6 minutes at patient's pace, total distance walked & symptoms

What should patients be advised to do/not do before an exercise stress test?

- DON'T eat, drink, smoke
- Shave hairy chest
- Give history
- Give written consent

What should we do before an exercise stress test?

- Physical exam
- NOT PERFORM if patient is hyper/hypo tensive
(+220/180, - 80 systolic)
- 12 lead EKG in sitting, laying, standing
- EKG before, during, after test
- Instruct patient on how to perform test