Besides the patient history or a report of serum potassium low normal or low during an attack, the long exercise test is the current standard for medical testing.
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Bruce's first paper on treadmill exercise tests, published in 1949, analyzed minute-by-minute changes in respiratory and circulatory function of normal adults and patients with heart or lung ailments.
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On a treadmill exercise test, the participants had to exercise hard enough to reach at least 85 percent of the maximal heart rate predicted for people of their age.
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The study had 105 men age 66 on average perform the exercise test twice, at least a day apart : once after taking Viagra and again after taking a dummy pill.
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But questions about Clinton's health arose in 1992 because such exercise tests are generally not recommended for healthy patients in their 40s unless there is a specific medical reason to do them.
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These included the maximal oxygen uptake ( peak VO2 or pVO2 measured by ventilatory parameters during a cardiopulmonary exercise test ), which is indicative of improved survival, and the 6-minute walk test.
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During the graded exercise test, expired air and metabolic responses were measured, in addition to recording each participant s ratings of perceived exertion ( RPE ) at the end of each stage of the test.
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Olajuwon was all smiles Thursday, saying he felt normal after completing an exercise test early and an echocardiogram in the morning without a trace of the abnormal heart rhythm that sent him to the hospital Tuesday night.
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Called " Cooperative Support 97, " the week-long Partnership for Peace exercise tests the cooperation of some 64 officers from the United States, Germany, Italy and other NATO countries and counterparts from nine former Soviet Bloc states.
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The seven-to 10-day exercise tests Franks'ability to communicate with Army commanders in Kuwait, Navy and Marine officers in Bahrain, the Air Force's headquarters in Saudi Arabia, Franks'permanent office in Florida and the Pentagon, a Central Command official said.
