Test Your Knowledge with EAPC Quizzes

Test yourself with quizzes on exercise prescription, sports cardiology and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Learn via the answers, discussions and academic references.

Exercise prescription 

Exercise Prescription Quiz Section Editor

Dominique Hansen

• Case 1: Exercise prescription – 65-year-old male 
• Case 2: Exercise prescription – 55-year-old female 
• Case 3: Exercise prescription – 70-year-old male 
• Case 4: Exercise prescription – 65-year-old female 
• Case 5: Exercise prescription – 79-year-old male
• Case 6: Exercise prescription – 28-year-old male
• Case 7: Exercise prescription – 53-year-old female
• Case 8: Exercise prescription – 70-year-old male
• Case 9: Exercise prescription – 65-year-old female
• Case 10: Exercise prescription – 53-year-old male

These quizzes are based on the EXPERT Tool (EXercise Prescription in Everyday practice & Rehabilitative Training) developed by the University of Hasselt, in collaboration with the EAPC.

Cardiopulmonary exercise (CPX) testing

CPX Testing Quiz Section Editor

Daniel Neunhaeuserer

• 11/2019: 36-year-old male cancer patient with exertional dyspnoea 
• 6/2019: 68-year-old female with exertional dyspnoea
• 7/2018: 45-year-old marathon runner with dyspnoea on exertion and loss of performance
• 6/2018 (3): Patient with NSTEMI and CABG
• 6/2018 (2): Patient with hypertension and type 2 diabetes
• 6/2018 (1): Female athlete treated for asthma – dyspnoea on exertion
• 11/2017: 61-year-old male with Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (PAPVR) 
• 2/2017: 56-year-old male amateur athlete with transient ischemic attack during mountain race
• 11/2015: 55-year-old male amateur athlete with palpitations during bike rides
• 2/2015: 66-year-old male with exertional dyspnoea
• 10/2014: Cardiopulmonary exercise stress test in bundle branch block (LBBB)
• 08/2014: CPX graphical report of an hypertensive patient with lone atrial fibrillation

Note: CPX Testing Quiz Section Editor from 2014-2019 - Matthias Wilhelm

Sports cardiology

Sports Cardiology Quiz Section Editors

Daniel Neunhaeuserer

David Niederseer

• Case 1: 28-year-old Afro-Caribbean footballer with an abnormal ECG 
• Case 2: 17-year-old Caucasian national rower undergoes pre-participation screening 
• Case 3: 54-year-old Caucasian master triathlete with a family history of sudden cardiac death 
• Case 4: 14-year-old Caucasian male with sharp chest pains  
• Case 5: 18-year-old Caucasian female athlete attending occupational medical to join the British Army
• Case 6: 17-year-old Caucasian male athlete attending pre-participation screening 
• Case 7: 35-year-old Caucasian female footballer attending pre-participation screening 
• Case 8: 23-year-old Afro-Caribbean male footballer attending pre-participation screening
• Case 9: 17-year-old Caucasian male swimmer attending pre-participation screening
• Case 10: 32-year-old Caucasian male cyclist attending pre-participation screening
• Case 11: 20-year-old Afro-Caribbean male footballer with collapse
• Case 12: 16-year-old Caucasian male international cyclist attending pre-participation screening
• Case 13: 14-year-old Caucasian male attending pre-participation screening
• Case 14: 52-year-old Caucasian male veteran triathlete with chest pain 
• Case 15: 18-year-old Caucasian male boxer with an abnormal ECG 
• Case 16: 22-year-old Caucasian male rugby player attending pre-participation screening
• Case 17: 24-year-old Afro-Caribbean male football player with palpitations 
• Case 18: 16-year-old Caucasian female soccer player attending pre-participation screening
• Case 19: 60-year-old male endurance athlete with palpitations associated with presyncope
• Case 20: 16-year-old Caucasian national level cyclist…Deciphering the role of anterior T-wave inversion in young athletes
• Case 21: 34-year-old amateur triathlete presenting with dyspnoea
• Case 22: A 50-year old female asymptomatic athlete with mitral valve prolapse
• Case 23: A 22-year-old female athlete with premature ventricular beats
• Case 24: A 27-year-old Caucasian male professional rugby player with signs of decompensated heart failure
• Case 25: A 55-year-old male asymptomatic endurance athlete with obstructive coronary disease
• Case 26: A 26-year-old Royal Air Force serviceman with palpitations 
• Case 27: A 57-year-old male with AF and reduced ejection fraction: correct dose of exercise prescription
• Case 28: Supraventricular tachycardia in an athlete diagnosed by smartphone ECG
• Case 29: Heart-breaking finals during a basketball game
• Case 30: Should we stop Phidippides?
• Case 31: Acute coronary syndrome with ST-segment elevation during exercise testing in a master athlete

Note: Sports Cardiology Quiz Section Editor from 2019-2021 - Sabiha Gati

Dyslipidaemia 

• Quiz on familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH)
• Dyslipidaemia after heart transplantation
• A 53-year-old woman worried about risk of myocardial infarction

Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure

• Exercise testing in chronic heart failure
• Non-coronary heart diseases: challenges of verifying the type

Diabetes and CVD

• EAPC quiz: Diabetes mellitus and metabolic disorders

Test yourself on diabetes and CVD with quizzes from the Diabetes and CVD Programme.

Others

• Coffee and cardiovascular mortality
• Pharmacological intervention in CV prevention 
• Cardiovascular risk prediction
• Testosterone and cardiovascular health
• Chronological age vs A-BEST
• Care of the cardio-oncologic patient in primary care practice
• Dilated cardiomyopathy and recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia
• Pollution and atherothrombotic risk
• Exercise testing in HFpEF