Practical Guide to the Interpretation of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Tests

Maximum oxygen uptake during exercise is one of the best predictors of operative mortality and of prognosis in chronic cardiac or respiratory disease. Cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET) are therefore an increasingly common component of pre-operative assessment and the management of patients with chroniccardiopulmonary problems.Part of the Oxford Respiratory Medicine Library (ORML) series, A Pra...