Cardiopulmonary exercise testing at baseline and during follow up in the CRT and the control group
| Baseline | 3 months | 12 months | 24 months | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n = 59) | CRT (n = 65) | Control (n = 57) | CRT (n = 64) | Control (n = 53) | CRT (n = 62) | Control (n = 49) | CRT (n = 58) | |
| Data are mean (SEM). | ||||||||
| *p<0.05 compared with control. | ||||||||
| Maximum exercise duration (s) | 458 (185) | 464 (172) | 494 (162) | 553 (194)* | 471 (192) | 573 (202)* | 455 (187) | 557 (188)* |
| Peak Vo2 (ml/kg × min) | 13.4 (4.0) | 13.9 (4.5) | 12.8 (3.0) | 17.1 (4.1)* | 13.1 (3.7) | 17.8 (4.2)* | 12.6 (3.5) | 16.8 (3.9)* |
| Vo2-AT (ml/kg × min) | 10.7 (3.2) | 11.1 (3.8) | 10.2 (3.3) | 13.3 (3.2)* | 11.5 (3.7) | 14.0 (4.1)* | 10.8 (3.2) | 14.4 (3.7)* |