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We aimed to study the SBP response to exercise in patients with severe symptomatic AS prior to surgery and 1 year postoperatively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients scheduled for aortic valve replacement due to severe symptomatic AS were enrolled at a single centre in a prospective observational cohort study. Maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) was performed on a cycle ergometer at baseline and 1 year postoperatively, using standard termination criteria. The SBP response was categorised according to the last measurements of SBP during exercise, in relation to workload (the SBP\/watt-slope) as \u2018normal\u2019 (&gt;0.25\u2009mm Hg\/watt), \u2018flat\u2019 (0\u20130.25\u2009mm Hg\/watt) or \u2018drop\u2019 (&lt;0\u2009mm Hg\/watt).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>45 patients (28 male, 66\u00b19 years, left ventricular ejection fraction 59%\u00b15%, aortic jet velocity 4.6\u00b10.5 m\/s) were included, with pairwise comparison available in 31 cases. There were no adverse events. Preoperatively, 4\/45 patients were categorised as \u2018drop\u2019, 23 as \u2018flat\u2019 and 18 as \u2018normal\u2019. There was a change in the distribution of categories from preoperative to postoperative measurements (43% \u2018normal\u2019 vs 74% \u2018normal\u2019, p=0.0046). Maximal SBP and workload-indexed SBP were higher postoperatively than preoperatively (203\u00b126 vs 182\u00b128\u2009mm Hg, p&lt;0.001\u2009and 0.43\u00b10.14 vs 0.29\u00b10.15\u2009mm Hg\/watt, p&lt;0.001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>As a drop in SBP was infrequent (&lt;10%) in patients with severe symptomatic AS and no adverse events occurred, our results indicate that CPET may be performed under careful monitoring in AS patients. 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