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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Heart Fail. 2013 Apr 9;6(3):499–507. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.000157

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Mean response time (MRT) is the exponential time constant of O2 uptake during exercise and is approximately 63% of the time needed to reach steady-state. MRT was derived during unloaded exercise and calculated as the ratio of oxygen deficit (O2-deficit) and change in oxygen consumption (ΔVO2), defined as the difference between VO2 at rest and steady-state.