Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in Chronic Heart Failure: Beyond Peak Oxygen Consumption
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Veronica Franco
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Patients with cardiovascular diseases commonly present with exercise intolerance, clinically manifest as shortness of breath and fatigue, and these symptoms have important prognostic implications. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is a well-established method for evaluation of cardiopulmonary diseases. It provides an objective assessment of maximal aerobic capacity (peak VO2), estimates prognosis, and allows the physician to discriminate among many subtle and often overlapping etiologies. This review focuses on the evaluation of important exercise parameters, in addition to the peak VO2, during cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
Curr Heart Fail Rep (2011) 8:45–50 DOI 10.1007/s11897-010-0042-4 Published online: 5 January 2011
