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We aimed to assess the impact of TAPSE on exercise capacity in cardiac rehabilitation candidates. Methods: Data from patients with chronic heart failure who received cardiopulmonary exercise tests and transthoracic echocardiography prior to cardiac rehabilitation were retrospectively collected, and their association was investigated. Results: A total of 169 patients with chronic heart failure (70.3 \u00b1 11.7 years old, 74.6% men) were included. Tertiled tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion significantly stratified anaerobic threshold (10.2 \u00b1 2.2, 11.4 \u00b1 2.2, and 12.2 \u00b1 2.8 mm; p &lt; 0.01) and peak oxygen consumption (15.9 \u00b1 4.5, 18.3 \u00b1 5.3, and 19.8 \u00b1 5.6 mm; p &lt; 0.01). In the multivariate logistic regression analyses, TAPSE was an independent factor associated with anaerobic threshold and peak oxygen consumption (p &lt; 0.05 for both). Conclusions: Right ventricular impairment was associated with reduced exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure. Such knowledge would be useful to estimate patients\u2019 exercise capacity and prescribe cardiac rehabilitation. Its longitudinal association and clinical implication need further studies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm11041066","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,21]],"date-time":"2022-02-21T08:22:19Z","timestamp":1645431739000},"page":"1066","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Association between Right Ventricular Function and Exercise Capacity in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Kazumasa","family":"Ohara","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Toyama Hospital, Toyama 931-8533, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7294-7637","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Teruhiko","family":"Imamura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hiroyuki","family":"Ihori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Toyama Hospital, Toyama 931-8533, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kenichi","family":"Chatani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Toyama Hospital, Toyama 931-8533, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Makoto","family":"Nonomura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Toyama Hospital, Toyama 931-8533, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tomoki","family":"Kameyama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Toyama Hospital, Toyama 931-8533, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hiroshi","family":"Inoue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Toyama Hospital, Toyama 931-8533, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S45","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ahj.2009.07.015","article-title":"Relationship of Doppler-echocardiographic left ventricular diastolic function to exercise performance in systolic heart failure: The HF-ACTION study","volume":"158","author":"Gardin","year":"2009","journal-title":"Am. 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