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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) referral guidelines, testing logistics, laboratory selection, and key reporting variables are outlined to assist physicians in appropriate patient assessment.
This special report provides practical guidance for physicians on the appropriate referral, logistics, and interpretation of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX).
May aid CPX utilization in practice; leaves open prospective validation of these recommendations.
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) is a specialized exercise assessment that provides valuable information in a number of patient populations. Physicians are often familiar with standard exercise testing procedures (i.e., the cardiac stress test) and, therefore, appropriately refer patients with signs/symptoms suggestive of myocardial ischemia. However, the procedures surrounding referral for CPX, and the relevance of the data obtained, may not be as widely understood in the medical community. The purpose of the current special report is to provide physicians referring patients for CPX with information on the appropriateness of CPX referral and testing logistics, the identification of an appropriate CPX laboratory for referral, and definitions on key CPX variables that should be included in the final report.
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Arena et al. (2010) conducted a review in Patients referred for cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) was evaluated. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) referral guidelines, testing logistics, laboratory selection, and key reporting variables are outlined to assist physicians in appropriate patient assessment.
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