Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is highlighted as a reliable tool for risk stratification, exercise prescription, and clinical diagnosis compared to standard exercise tolerance testing.
May inform risk stratification in select patients; leaves open the need for randomized outcome trials versus standard testing.
Compared to standard exercise tolerance testing, cardiopulmonary exercise testing is a reliable and powerful tool that can be used for risk stratification, exercise prescription and clinical diagnosis.
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