Abstract Purpose of Review Cardiovascular diseases account for nearly one third of all
deaths globally. Improving exercise capacity and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) has been …

Background Diabetes and elevated blood glucose have been associated with increased risk
of atrial fibrillation in a number of epidemiological studies, however, the findings have not …

Objective To assess age differences in risk factors for incident heart failure in the general
population. Design Pooled population based cohort study. Setting Framingham Heart Study …

Obesity predisposes for atrial fibrillation, heart failure, sudden cardiac death, renal disease
and ischemic stroke, which are the main causes of cardiovascular hospitalization and …

Although physical activity is an established protective factor for cardiovascular diseases
such as ischemic heart disease and stroke, less is known with regard to the association …

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with a higher risk for heart
failure (HF). The impact of a lifestyle intervention and changes in cardiorespiratory fitness …

Abstract The American Heart Association issued a Policy Statement in 2013 that
characterized the importance of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) as an essential marker of …

Background Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with functional impairment and
cardiac events, particularly heart failure (HF). However, the factors predisposing women to …

The aim was to investigate sex-and age-specific associations between cardiorespiratory
fitness, all-cause and cause-specific mortality, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity …

PURPOSE: Anthracycline chemotherapy (AC) is associated with acute reductions in
cardiopulmonary fitness (VO2peak). We sought to determine whether changes in VO2peak …