Cardiopulmonary exercise test to detect cardiac dysfunction from pulmonary vascular disease

CONCLUSIONS: CPET detected deficient SV augmentation more accurately than echocardiography. CPET-determined O2·pulseAT/O2·pulserest may have a prominent role for noninvasive screening of patients at risk for pulmonary vascular disease, such as patients with persistent dyspnea after pulmonary embolism.PMID:38468264 | DOI:10.1186/s12931-024-02746-w

Source: Respiratory Care - March 12, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Mona Alotaibi Jenny Z Yang Demosthenes G Papamatheakis W Cameron McGuire Timothy M Fernandes Timothy A Morris Source Type: research