Multifactorial Analysis of Exercise Performance in Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Abstract

Exercise testing has become an effective and reproducible noninvasive way to study the physiologic responses of children with congenital heart disease. Overall exercise performance and arrhythmia detection are two of the most commonly observed parameters of these tests. Since these tests are nearly risk-free, they may be done periodically to follow the progression of disease or the development of abnormalities.