A new study has found that during exercise, the vagus nerve, essential to the body’s ‘rest and digest’ response, has a more important role in heart function than we thought. The findings could be ...

Table 1. Key exercise testing variables. Relevance Units Normal exercise response Population(s) where variable should be assessed Exercise HR Insight into cardiac exercise response: cardiac output = ...

Correspondence to Dr Alessandro Biffi, Med-Ex, Medicine & Exercise, Medical Partner Scuderia Ferrari, Rome, Italy; a.biffi{at}libero.it Long-term physical activity induces structural, functional and ...

The exercise stress echocardiographic study included nearly 500 patients with and without HFpEF. According to the study, individuals with both anemia and HFpEF had similar cardiac output during ...