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Chronotropic Competence Indices Extracted from Wearable Sensors for Cardiovascular Diseases Management

Jiankang Wu,
Jianan Li,
Andrew Seely,
Yi Zhu,
Sisi Huang,
Xiaoqin Wang,
Lei Zhao,
Hongliang Wang and
Herry Christophe

Sensors2017, 17(11), 2441;https://doi.org/10.3390/s17112441

25 October 2017

Chronotropic incompetence (CI) has been proven to be an important factor in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases. In this paper, we extend the existing CI parameters and propose chronotropic competence indices (CCI) to describe the...

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14 Citations

5,486 Views

12 Pages

Chronotropic Incompetence Limits Aerobic Exercise Capacity in Patients Taking Beta-Blockers: Real-Life Observation of Consecutive Patients

Krzysztof Smarz,
Maciej Tysarowski,
Beata Zaborska,
Ewa Pilichowska-Paszkiet,
Małgorzata Sikora-Frac,
Andrzej Budaj and
Tomasz Jaxa-Chamiec

Healthcare2021, 9(2), 212;https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9020212

16 February 2021

Background: Chronotropic incompetence in patients taking beta-blockers is associated with poor prognosis; however, its impact on exercise capacity (EC) remains unclear. Methods: We analyzed data from consecutive patients taking beta-blockers referred...

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10 Citations

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14 Pages

Hemodynamic Heterogeneity of Reduced Cardiac Reserve Unmasked by Volumetric Exercise Echocardiography

Tonino Bombardini,
Angela Zagatina,
Quirino Ciampi,
Rosina Arbucci,
Pablo Martin Merlo,
Diego M. Lowenstein Haber,
Doralisa Morrone,
Antonello D'Andrea,
Ana Djordjevic-Dikic and
Branko Beleslin
+ 29 authors

J. Clin. Med.2021, 10(13), 2906;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10132906

29 June 2021

Background: Two-dimensional volumetric exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) provides an integrated view of left ventricular (LV) preload reserve through end-diastolic volume (EDV) and LV contractile reserve (LVCR) through end-systolic volume (ESV)...

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Chronotropic Incompetence Does Not Impede Attainment of High-Intensity Exercise During Non-Contact Boxing in Parkinson’s Disease

Tone Ricardo Benevides Panassollo,
Usman Rashid,
Sue Lord,
Denise Taylor and
Grant Mawston

Appl. Sci.2025, 15(5), 2433;https://doi.org/10.3390/app15052433

24 February 2025

Recent evidence points to the effect of chronotropic incompetence (CI), which refers to a blunted heart rate (HR) response to exercise, influencing physiological outcomes in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). This study explores the effect o...

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Biventricular Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy with Atrial Sensing but No Atrial Lead: A Prospective Registry of Patients, Complications, and Therapy Responses

Christof Kolb,
Endre Zima,
Martin Arnold,
Marián Fedorco,
Hendrik Bonnemeier,
Thomas Deneke,
Burghard Schumacher,
Peter Nordbeck,
Clemens Steinwender and
Theresa Storz
+ 4 authors

J. Clin. Med.2025, 14(14), 5009;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14145009

15 July 2025

Background/Objectives: Patients with normal sinus rhythms undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) implantation may benefit from a novel two-lead CRT-D system (CRT-DX), which features an atrial sensing dipole integrated into...

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Chronotropic Incompetence after Heart Transplantation Is Associated with Increased Mortality and Decreased Functional Capacity

Robert S. Zhang,
Thomas C. Hanff,
Yuhui Zhang,
Michael V. Genuardi,
Carli J. Peters,
Allison Levin,
Maria Molina,
Rhondalyn C. McLean,
Jeremy A. Mazurek and
Payman Zamani
+ 6 authors

J. Clin. Med.2023, 12(10), 3487;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12103487

16 May 2023

Introduction: The contribution of chronotropic incompetence to reduced exercise tolerance after a heart transplant is well known, but its role as a prognostic marker of post-transplant mortality is unclear. The aim of this study is to examine the rel...

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