BookKathy E. Sietsema, Darryl Y. Sue, William W. Stringer, Susan A. Ward.
Summary: This book provides a comprehensive, practical overview of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) suited for pulmonologists, cardiologists, anesthesiologists, and others with an interest in clinical exercise testing.
Contents:
Exercise testing and interpretation
Physiology of exercise
Measurements during integrative cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Pathophysiology of disorders limiting exercise
Performance of clinical cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Approaches to data summary and interpretation
Normal values
Clinical applications of cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Diagnostic specificity of exercise intolerance: a flowchart approach
Case presentations.