Cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Skills lab
Chairs: P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), M. Schaeffer (Vancouver (BC), Canada)
Aims: To understand the physiological significance of cardiopulmonary response profiles, in the context of exercise protocols; To describe the typical response profiles observed in patients with different cardio-respiratory diseases; To discriminate between “typical” from “anomalous” response profiles that can cause misinterpretation of test results and evaluate the effects of therapeutic interventions.

Introduction P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), M. Schaeffer (Vancouver (BC), Canada)
Equipment explanation J. Shakespeare (Coventry (West Midlands), United Kingdom)
Calibration J. Shakespeare (Coventry (West Midlands), United Kingdom)
CPET procedure demonstration P. Laveneziana (Paris, France)
Interpretation P. Laveneziana (Paris, France)
Clinical cases P. Palange (Rome, Italy), S. Ward (Crickhowell, United Kingdom), J. Neder (Kingston (ON), Canada)