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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and impedance cardiography in the assessment of exercise capacity of patients with coronary artery disease early after myocardial revascularization
BackgroundPatients with coronary artery disease (CAD) are characterized by different levels of physical capacity, which depends not only on the...
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The relationship between homocysteine and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with acute coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between homocysteine (Hcy) levels and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)...
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Open Field Exercise Testing in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease Patients: A Subsumption of Cardiovascular Parameters
Heart failure is a common phenomenon in congenital heart disease patients. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is used for a reliable assessment of...
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Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Other Tests of Functional Capacity
Purpose of ReviewAssessment of functional capacity is a cornerstone of preoperative risk assessment. While subjective clinician assessment of...
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Cardiopulmonary exercise test to detect cardiac dysfunction from pulmonary vascular disease
BackgroundCardiac dysfunction from pulmonary vascular disease causes characteristic findings on cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). We tested...
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Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Athletes: Expect the Unexpected
Purpose of reviewCardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a tool designed to assess the integrated function of the cardiac, pulmonary, vascular,...
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Characterizing the Use of Exercise Testing in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot Patients: A Multi-Institutional Survey
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is an important tool used in the management of patients with congenital heart disease. However, there are no...
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Comparison of two methods of cardiopulmonary exercise testing for assessing physical fitness in children and adolescents with extreme obesity
It is well-known that children and adolescents with obesity have increased over recent decades which in turn carries greater risk of co-morbidities...
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Reference Values of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Parameters in the Contemporary Paediatric Population
BackgroundThe evaluation of health status by cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) has shown increasing interest in the paediatric population. Our...
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and pulmonary function testing for predicting the severity of CTEPH
BackgroundCardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and pulmonary function testing (PFT) are noninvasive methods to evaluate the respiratory and...
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Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing with Echocardiography to Identify Mechanisms of Unexplained Dyspnea
Little data is available about the pathophysiological mechanisms of unexplained dyspnea and their clinical meaning. Consecutive patients with...
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Sports despite masks: no negative effects of FFP2 face masks on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in children
Face masks were recognized as one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus in adults. These benefits were extended to...
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Cardiopulmonary testing in adult patients with β-thalassemia major in comparison to healthy subjects
β-Thalassemia patients often have a reduced capacity of exercise and abnormal respiratory function parameters, but the reasons are unclear. In order...
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with moderate-severe obesity: a clinical evaluation tool for OSA?
PurposeObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a widespread comorbidity of obesity. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has been demonstrated...
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Cardiopulmonary Exercise Performance in the Pediatric and Young Adult Population Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Physical activity (PA) decreased and sedentary behavior (SB) increased in the pediatric population during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
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Effectiveness of a dose-graded aerobic exercise regimen on cardiopulmonary fitness and physical performance in pediatric survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a randomized clinical trial
PurposeTo determine whether a 12-week supervised dose-graded aerobic exercise (D-GAE) training, when implemented in conjunction with traditional...
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Importance of exercise stress testing in evaluation of unexplained cardiac arrest survivor
BackgroundIn sudden cardiac arrest survivors without an immediately identifiable cause, additional extensive yet individualised testing is required.
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Clinical covariates that improve surgical risk prediction and guide targeted prehabilitation: an exploratory, retrospective cohort study of major colorectal cancer surgery patients evaluated with preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing
BackgroundPreoperative risk stratification is used to derive an optimal treatment plan for patients requiring cancer surgery. Patients with...
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The Marsden Morbidity Index: the derivation and validation of a simple risk index scoring system using cardiopulmonary exercise testing variables to predict morbidity in high-risk patients having major cancer surgery
BackgroundMorbidity and mortality risk prediction tools are increasingly being used as part of preoperative assessment of patients presenting for...
