Clinical Exercise Testing

European Respiratory Society Monograph, Vol. 40. 2007

ISBN: 978-1-904097-80-8

Exercise tests have been used for a long time as diagnostic tools for cardiac diseases. During recent years they have become more widely recognised as valuable instruments in the diagnosis and monitoring of pulmonary disorders. In the present issue of the European Respiratory Monograph, cardiopulmonary exercise testing for cardiac and pulmonary diseases has been presented. Techniques and equipment as well as reference values have been thoroughly described. The specific questions that arise in children have been addressed and exercise testing as a tool for the assessment of prognosis and treatment effects has been exhaustively presented.

Preface K. Larsson Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: vii
Introduction S. Ward, P. Palange Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: viii–ix
Determinants of the physiological systems responses to muscular exercise in healthy subjects B.J. Whipp, P.D. Wagner, A. Agusti Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: 1–35
Discriminating features of responses in cardiopulmonary exercise testing S.A. Ward Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: 36–68
Patterns of cardiopulmonary response to exercise in lung diseases D.E. O’Donnell, D. Ofir, P. Laveneziana Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: 69–92
Patterns of response diagnostic for cardiac disease P. Agostoni, G. Cattadori Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: 93–107
Equipment, measurements and quality control in clinical exercise testing J. Porszasz, W. Stringer, R. Casaburi Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: 108–128
Laboratory tests R. Gosselink, T. Troosters, D. Langer, M. Decramer Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: 129–147
Walking for the assessment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease S. Singh Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: 148–164
Reference values in adults L. Puente-Maestu Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: 165–185
Exercise testing in children with respiratory diseases K-H. Carlsen, T. Stensrud Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: 186–194
Exercise testing in the prognostic evaluation of patients with lung and heart diseases P. Palange, R. Antonucci, G. Valli Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: 195–207
Role of exercise testing in defining the response to interventions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients M.A. Spruit, E.M. Mercken, E.F.M. Wouters, A.M.W.J. Schols Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: 208–220
Indications for exercise testing: a critical perspective P. Palange, S.A. Ward Eur Respir Mon; 2007: 40: 221–230