Cardiopulmonary exercise testing complements both spirometry and nuclear imaging for assessing sarcoidosis stage and for monitoring disease activity

CONCLUSIONS: Our results display how CPET and spirometry data complement each other for sarcoidosis disease staging, and how these tests are able to detect disease activity. Our findings suggest that CPET, a repeatable and non-invasive functional test, should be more routinely performed and taken into account in sarcoidosis patient follow-up.PMID:38567559 | PMC:PMC11008331 | DOI:10.36141/svdld.v41i1.15125

Source: Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases - April 3, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Chiara Torregiani Matia Reale Marco Confalonieri Franca Dore Carmelo Crisafulli Elisa Baratella Francesco Salton Paola Confalonieri Barbara Ruaro Guido Maiello Source Type: research