Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the assessment of exertional dyspnea

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the assessment of exertional dyspnea

Dyspnea on exertion is a commonly encountered problem in clinical practice. It is usually investigated by resting tests such as pulmonary function tests and echocardiogram, which may at times can be non-diagnostic. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) measures physiologic parameters during exerci...

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Main Authors: Debapriya Datta, Edward Normandin, Richard ZuWallack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Subjects:
Anaerobic threshold
cardiopulmonary exercise test
carbon dioxide output
dyspnea
exercise limitation
oxygen uptake
Online Access:http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2015;volume=10;issue=2;spage=77;epage=86;aulast=Datta

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