EXSS3024 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Beta Blocker, Hypotension, Chest Pain

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Exercise and Sport Science
• Course: EXSS3024
• Professor: Daniel Hackett

Document Summary

Stress testing: goals, increase hr to a maximal level. Increase myocardial o2 demand increase blood flow demand. Increase co demand increase sympathetic efferent activity: to uncover the following: Increase co = increase hr & so increase bp: applications, athletes, risk of sudden cardiac death, clinical populations, diagnose disease, assess severity, monitor progression, assess efficacy of treatment, determine aerobic capacity, determine safe thresholds, guide exercise prescription. P e r i c a r d i t i s. c a u si n g m o r e d a m a g e r e st f o r a t i m e. T hi s s a i b a l l o o ni n g o u t o f t h e w a l l o f a n a r t e r y.