International Congress Barcelona 2013

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Ventilatory efficiency during exercise: a tribute to Brian J. Whipp

Symposium
Chairs: P. Palange (Rome, Italy), P. Laveneziana (Paris, France)
Aims: The audience will gain state-of-the-art knowledge of the recent advances in the field of the ventilatory response to exercise with emphasis on: reviewing the role of ventilatory-and gas exchange-related factors in limiting exercise in healthy and chronic lung and heart diseases; discussing the utility of the ventilatory efficiency index (VE/VCO2 slope) in the evaluation of pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions in chronic lung and heart diseases; highlighting the emerging importance of the ventilatory efficiency index (VE/VCO2 slope) in the prognostic setting in chronic lung and heart diseases; and identifying current discrepancies between resting pulmonary function measurements and dynamic cardiopulmonary exercise variables such as the VE/VCO2 slope in assessing disease severity and response to pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and predicting mortality/survival, exacerbation and deterioration of the underlying chronic lung and/or heart disease.

Ventilatory efficiency in healthy individuals and athletes S. Ward (Crickhowell, United Kingdom)
Ventilatory efficiency in COPD and ILD J. Neder (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Ventilatory efficiency in PAH G. Garcia (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)