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 endoplasmic reticulum (ER) regulates protein folding and maintains proteostasis in cells- a process essential to maintaining cellular health. However, researchers at UAB have found that chronic ...

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 ...

A new study assessing the knowledge and confidence in recognizing cardiac symptoms has found that almost half of over-35s were not confident in their ability to recognize symptoms of impending cardiac ...

A negative diastolic stress test may indicate pulmonary hypertension in patients with suspected HFpEF and unexplained dyspnea. About 1 in 5 patients with unexplained dyspnea have pulmonary ...