Abstract
In many institutions, the person responsible for interpreting the cardiopulmonary exercise test will also be the person supervising the test as it takes place. As part of this role, there are tasks that must be addressed before, during, and after the test is completed.
Keywords
- Angina
- Aortic stenosis
- Arterial blood gases
- Arterial catheter
- Asthma
- Arrhythmia
- Beta-blockers
- Contraindications
- Coronary artery disease
- Cycle ergometer
- Defibrillator
- Dyspnea
- Electrocardiogram
- Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
- Hypoxemia
- Indications
- Myocardial ischemia
- Myocardial infarction
- Pacemaker
- Pregnancy
- Pulmonary edema
- Pulmonary embolism
- Ramp
- Syncope
- Treadmill
- Work rate
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Luks, A.M., Glenny, R.W., Robertson, H.T. (2013). Conducting a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test. In: Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6283-5_4
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