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Physiology and clinical applications of cardiopulmonary exercise testing
M P Hayward1, D V Cumming, C W Pattison
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Middlesex Hospital, University College London Hospital Trust.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine
|March 4, 1995
Abstract:
Advances in the technology of gas exchange analysers have made cardiopulmonary exercise testing a relatively simple, cheap and reliable diagnostic tool. Its practice and uses include grading the severity of heart failure, evaluation of the cause of exertional dyspnoea and monitoring a patient's response to therapy. Areas of debate and future development are highlighted.