Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesResearch article
The cardiopulmonary exercise test in the prognostic evaluation of patients with heart failure and cardiomyopathies: the long history of making a one-size-fits-all suit
- Narrative review
- multicentre
Study context
- Population
- Patients with chronic heart failure (HF) and cardiomyopathies evaluated by cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET), MECKI score group of Italian centresdatabase of nearly 8000 HF patients
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
MECKI score (Metabolic Exercise test data combined with Cardiac and Kidney Indexes) for HF risk stratification
MECKI score built in 2013 by Italian centres
13 centres
Initially developed on a cohort of HF patients
2716
Research group grown to centres
27
Further findings
CPET in cardiomyopathy
- Investigation of a possible additive role of CPET assessment in cardiomyopathy started
Original publication
The cardiopulmonary exercise test in the prognostic evaluation of patients with heart failure and cardiomyopathies: the long history of making a one-size-fits-all suit. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 11 October 2023. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwad216
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it