The comparison of the exercise stress test tolerance using Bruce and Balke-Ware protocols in Malaysians

• Main Authors: Jaafar, Zulkarnain, Mokhtar, Abdul Halim, Abdul Hamid, Mohamad S., Ali, Mohamed Razif Mohamed
• Format: Article
• Published: Edizioni Minerva Medica 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24110/; https://doi.org/10.23736/S0393-3660.18.03865-2
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

BACKGROUND: The issue of premature termination of exercise stress test in Asian people due to intolerance to rapid exercise workload increment in Bruce protocol has been pointed out. In this study, we want to compare the exercise stress test tolerance using Bruce and Balke-Ware protocols. METHODS: T...