PG16 - Basic principles of cardiopulmonary exercise testing and interpretation

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: L. Puente Maestu (Madrid, Spain), S. Ward (Crickhowell, United Kingdom)
Aims: There is an ongoing need in Europe and beyond for workshops on cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) for a range of clinically based populations and therapeutic paradigms.
The main focus of this course is on practical aspects of clinical CPET. Indications, protocols, measurements and data interpretation will be discussed. The sensitivity and specificity of different response patterns will be reviewed. At the end of the course, the participant will be able to:
-understand the physiological significance of cardiorespiratory response profiles;
-describe the typical response profiles observed in patients with different cardiac and respiratory diseases;
-recognise the prognostic value of particular CPET indices.

Physiological principles of exercise physiology S. Ward (Crickhowell, United Kingdom)
Optimising measurement and design R. Casaburi (Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca, United States of America)
Exercise testing in the evaluation of interventions L. Puente-Maestu (Madrid, Spain)
Prognostic value of exercise testing P. Palange (Rome, Italy)