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ECHONOMY
Tools for Echocardiographic Calculations
Muhamed Saric, MD, PhD
New York University
 

Exercise Protocols

Rationale
To provide a comparison between various exercise protocols. Note that the modified Bruce simply extends the standard Bruce protocol at the lower end of exercise while the Naughton protocol by default starts at low exercise level.

Exercise Protocols
 

 

References

Bruce RA, Blackmon JR, Jones JW, Strait G. Exercising testing in adult normal subjects and cardiac patients. Pediatrics. 1963 Oct;32:Suppl 742-56.

Patterson JA, Naughton J, Pietras RJ, Gunnar RM. Treadmill exercise in assessment of the functional capacity of patients with cardiac disease. Am J Cardiol 1972; 30:757.