Abstract
Submaximal exercise tests (SETs) offer a cheaper, easier to conduct, and better tolerated alternative to ‘maximal’ cardiopulmonary exercise testing as a preoperative risk assessment tool.1 Quantifying HR recovery (HRR) is a potentially objective method for assessing cardiopulmonary fitness after SETs. HRR1 and HRR2 (calculated as HR on exercise cessation minus HR at 1 and 2 min of rest) are commonly used methods for quantifying HRR. Impaired HRR1 after SETs has been shown to be an independent predictor of cardiovascular complications after thoracic surgery.
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