Standards for the use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing for the functional evaluation of cardiac patients: A report from the Exercise Physiology Section of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-267

  Mezzani, Alessandro ^a   Agostoni, Piergiuseppe ^b   Cohen Solal, Alain ^d   Corrà, Ugo ^a   Jegier, Anna ^f   Kouidi, Evangelia ^g   Mazic, Sanja ^h   Meurin, Philippe ^e   Piepoli, Massimo ^c   Simon, Attila ⁱ   Laethem, Christophe Van ^j   Vanhees, Luc ^k  

^a Veruno Scientific Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c GUGLIELMO DA SALICETO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Medical University   (United States)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

ⁱ State Hospital for Cardiology   (United States)

^j CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

anaerobic threshold; cardiac disease; cardiopulmonary exercise testing; critcal power; functional evaluation; oxygen consumption; ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AIR CONDITIONING; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; EUROPE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FLOW KINETICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LUNG CAPACITY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; OSCILLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PARAMETER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; TRAINING; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VALVULOPLASTY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LUNG; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349205897     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32832914c8     Document Type: Review

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