Abnormalities of the Ventilatory Equivalent for Carbon Dioxide in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

Introduction. The relation between minute ventilation (VE) and carbon dioxide production (VCO2) can be characterised by the instantaneous ratio of ventilation to carbon dioxide production, the ventilatory equivalent for CO2 (VEqCO2). We hypothesised that the time taken to achieve the lowest VEqCO2 (...

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Main Authors: Lee Ingle, Rebecca Sloan, Sean Carroll, Kevin Goode, John G. Cleland, Andrew L. Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/589164