Exam 24: Exercise Testing and Training: Primary Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction

Although dyspnea is a common limiter to exercise and cardiac failure,the other factors that contribute to exercise limitation could include all but which of the following?

Health education a major component of________________ and constitutes a skill in its own right.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a strong risk factor for:

Noninvasive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation is more cost effective than medical and surgical treatments.All of the following are considered noninvasive EXCEPT:

Patients with severe chronic heart failure often have high ventilatory demands during exercise,and they have:

Without training postoperatively,exercise tolerance remains severely limited over the first:

Over the past 20 years,heart transplant had become an accepted therapy for:

There is an interaction between circadian rhythms and the pathogenesis of heart rate and blood pressure variability.The rhythms are under the influence of all except the following:

At rest,individuals with more severe heart failure have more restrictive lung pathology and impaired gas exchange.During exercise,all of the following occur EXCEPT:

Of the multiple facets of a cardiac rehabilitation programs,different components may have different effects on:

Prediction of the prognosis of individuals with chronic heart failure can be improved with which of the following measures?

Prevention and rehabilitation programs are aimed at reducing an individual's cardiac risk factors.All of the following are factors that can change from participation EXCEPT:

Intermittent claudication is the symptom of exercise-induced muscle ischemia of:

In individuals with severe disease,exercise intolerance may reflect limited _____________ and oxygen extraction caused by the disproportionate demand on the respiratory muscles.

Peak functional capacity depends on muscle strength and endurance in individuals with chronic heart failure depends on which of the following?

Heart failure can be characterized as:

Of individuals who participate in pulmonary rehabilitation programs,the largest portion is made up of those with:

Peripheral myopathy in individuals with chronic heart failure may contribute to exercise intolerance and training capacity.The features of this include all but which of the following?

Chronic heart failure is usually hallmarked by:

As patients participating in cardiac rehabilitation programs become more active,they experience changes.One change requiring medical intervention is related to: