Test Your Knowledge with EAPC Quizzes!

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

Exercise prescription 

Dominique Hansen

Exercise Prescription Quiz Section Editor

• 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

Matthias Wilhelm

CPX Testing Quiz Section Editor

• 11/2019: 36-year-old male cancer patient with exertional dyspnoea 
• 06/2019: 68-year-old female with exertional dyspnoea
• 07/2018: 45-year-old Marathon runner with dyspnoea on exertion and loss of performance
• 06/2018 (3): Patient with NSTEMI and CABG
• 06/2018 (2): Patient with hypertension and type 2 diabetes
• 06/2018 (1): Female athlete treated for asthma – dyspnoea on exertion
• 11/2017: 61-year-old male with Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (PAPVR) 
• 02/2017: 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
• 02/2015: 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

Sports cardiology

Sabiha Gati

Sports Cardiology Quiz Section Editor

• 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 

Diabetes and CVD

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