Diagnosing chronotropic incompetence: a scoping review of current approaches and their application in a cardiac rehabilitation cohort
Authors' conclusion
Current methods to define CI and predict APMHR are inconsistent and problematic.
Study context
- Population
- Published studies defining chronotropic incompetence; patients in a cardiac rehabilitation program
- Participants
- 86 studies
- Exposure
- Definitions of chronotropic incompetence and age-predicted maximal heart rate (APMHR) prediction formulas
- Outcome
- Definitions of chronotropic incompetence and APMHR prediction formulas identified
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Studies included
86
Distinct methods to define chronotropic incompetence
17
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Diagnosing chronotropic incompetence: a scoping review of current approaches and their application in a cardiac rehabilitation cohort. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 5 May 2026. doi:10.
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