PG3 Advanced cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: E. Lombardi (Florence, Italy), E. Barreiro Portela (Barcelona, Spain)
Aims: to explain the physiological constraints of exercise testing and its application in clinical practice; to present the optimal methods for testing lung mechanics and spirometry; to explain the different formats of exercise tests as well as their advantages, disadvantages and prognostic value in adults and children; and to present the usefulness of exercise testing for evaluating pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in clinical practice.

Pulmonary gas exchange response to exercise in health and disease P. Palange (Rome, Italy)
Respiratory mechanics and exertional dyspnoea in health and disease D. O'Donnell (Kingston (ON), Canada)
The prognostic role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in disease P. Laveneziana (Paris, France)
Exercise testing in children with respiratory diseases T. Takken (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Group assignment P. Palange (Rome, Italy), D. O'Donnell (Kingston (ON), Canada), P. Laveneziana (Paris, France), T. Takken (Utrecht, Netherlands)