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PG3 Advanced respiratory and cardiovascular exercise testing

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: Susan Ward (Crickhowell, United Kingdom), Enrico Lombardi (Florence, Italy)
Aims: To understand the physiological constraints of exercise tolerance and its application in clinical practice; to appreciate the optimal methods for testing lung mechanics and spirometry; to understand the different formats of exercise tests, their advantages and disadvantages, and their different prognostic values in adults and children; and to appreciate the usefulness of exercise testing for evaluating pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in clinical practice.

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Programme PG3 Advanced respiratory and cardiovascular exercise testing
Reading list PG3 Advanced respiratory and cardiovascular exercise testing
Respiratory mechanics: changes in disease Pierantonio Laveneziana (Paris, France)
Measuring exertional dyspnoea in health and disease Denis O'Donnell (Kingston, Canada)
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing for evaluating muscle strength, endurance and pulmonary rehabilitation Rik Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium)
Lung function and exercise testing in preschool children Kai-Håkon Carlsen (Oslo, Norway)