Table 2:
Signs and symptoms for stopping exercise testing or setting upper limit of exercise training
| Onset of angina or other symptoms of cardiac insufficiency |
| ≥1.0 mm ST-segment depression, horizontal or downsloping) |
| Systolic blood pressure ≥250mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥115mmHg |
| Decrease in systolic blood pressure >10mmHg during exercise with increasing workload |
| Increased frequency of ventricular dysrhythmias |
| Other significant electrocardiogram disturbances (e.g. second- or third-degree atrioventricular block, atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, complex ventricular ectopy). |
| Other signs/symptoms of exercise intolerance (e.g. light-headedness, cyanosis, shortness of breath) |