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Making Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Interpretable for Clinicians.

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Andonian, BJ; Hardy, N; Bendelac, A; Polys, N; Kraus, WE
Published in: Curr Sports Med Rep
October 1, 2021

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a dynamic clinical tool for determining the cause for a person's exercise limitation. CPET provides clinicians with fundamental knowledge of the coupling of external to internal respiration (oxygen and carbon dioxide) during exercise. Subtle perturbations in CPET parameters can differentiate exercise responses among individual patients and disease states. However, perhaps because of the challenges in interpretation given the amount and complexity of data obtained, CPET is underused. In this article, we review fundamental concepts in CPET data interpretation and visualization. We also discuss future directions for how to best use CPET results to guide clinical care. Finally, we share a novel three-dimensional graphical platform for CPET data that simplifies conceptualization of organ system-specific (cardiac, pulmonary, and skeletal muscle) exercise limitations. Our goal is to make CPET testing more accessible to the general medical provider and make the test of greater use in the medical toolbox.

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Curr Sports Med Rep

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EISSN

1537-8918

Publication Date

October 1, 2021

Volume

20

Issue

10

Start / End Page

545 / 552

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sport Sciences
  • Oxygen Consumption
  • Humans
  • Exercise Tolerance
  • Exercise Test
  • Exercise
  • 4207 Sports science and exercise
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
 

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Andonian, B. J., Hardy, N., Bendelac, A., Polys, N., & Kraus, W. E. (2021). Making Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Interpretable for Clinicians. Curr Sports Med Rep, 20(10), 545–552. https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000000895
Andonian, Brian J., Nicolas Hardy, Alon Bendelac, Nicholas Polys, and William E. Kraus. “Making Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Interpretable for Clinicians.Curr Sports Med Rep 20, no. 10 (October 1, 2021): 545–52. https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000000895.
Andonian BJ, Hardy N, Bendelac A, Polys N, Kraus WE. Making Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Interpretable for Clinicians. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2021 Oct 1;20(10):545–52.
Andonian, Brian J., et al. “Making Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Interpretable for Clinicians.Curr Sports Med Rep, vol. 20, no. 10, Oct. 2021, pp. 545–52. Pubmed, doi:10.1249/JSR.0000000000000895.
Andonian BJ, Hardy N, Bendelac A, Polys N, Kraus WE. Making Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Interpretable for Clinicians. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2021 Oct 1;20(10):545–552.

Published In

Curr Sports Med Rep

DOI

EISSN

1537-8918

Publication Date

October 1, 2021

Volume

20

Issue

10

Start / End Page

545 / 552

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sport Sciences
  • Oxygen Consumption
  • Humans
  • Exercise Tolerance
  • Exercise Test
  • Exercise
  • 4207 Sports science and exercise
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences