Annual Congress Copenhagen 2005

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Exercise testing in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Symposium
Chairs: O. Sitbon (Clamart, France), R. Naeije (Brussels, Belgium)
Aims: At the end of the symposium, the participant will be able to:
• develop a comprehensive physiological assessment scheme of the exercise limitation of patients with primary arterial hypertension (PAH);
• understand the differences between the three modes of exercise testing used in PAH: the cardiopulmonary exercise testing, the six-minute walking test and the shuttle test;
• identify the role of exercise testing in the grading of the severity of the disease;
• evaluate the therapeutic implications of exercise testing in PAH;
• assess the importance of exercise testing in the identification of patients at early stage of PAH.

Pathophysiology of exercise limitation in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension K. Wasserman (Torrance, United States of America)
Pulmonary haemodynamics during exercise in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension P. Herve (Le Plessis Robinson, France)
Comparison of the six minute walking test, the shuttle test and the cardiopulmonary exercise test in the evaluation of patients with established PAH S. Provencher (Victoriaville, Canada)