Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing - by Andrew M Luks & Robb W Glenny & H Thomas Robertson (Paperback)

About the Book

This book describes the basic physiologic responses observed during cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and explains how to perform and interpret studies. Includes actual patient cases, which provide opportunities to begin developing test interpretation skills.

From the Back Cover

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is an important diagnostic test in pulmonary medicine and cardiology. Capable of providing significantly more information about an individual's exercise capacity than standard exercise treadmill or 6-minute walk tests, the test is used for a variety of purposes including evaluating patients with unexplained exercise limitation or dyspnea on exertion, monitoring disease progression or response to treatment, determining fitness to undergo various surgical procedures and monitoring the effects of training in highly fit athletes. Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing is a unique new text that is ideal for trainees. It is presented in a clear, concise and easy-to-follow manner and is capable of being read in a much shorter time than the available texts on this topic. Chapters describe the basic physiologic responses observed during sustained exercise and explain how to perform and interpret these studies. The utility of the resource is further enhanced by several sections of actual patient cases, which provide opportunities to begin developing test interpretation skills. Given the widespread use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in clinical practice, trainees in pulmonary and critical care medicine, cardiology, sports medicine, exercise physiology, and occasionally internal medicine, will find Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing to be an essential and one of a kind reference.

Review Quotes

From the reviews:

"This book aims to provide readers with an introduction to exercise physiology, as well as demonstrate how the response changes in various conditions, how to conduct CPET and, of course, how to interpret the data. ... this book is accessible, easy-to-read, well-structured and practical. It should be recommended to those who want to understand the basics of CPET and actively participate in clinical rounds where it is discussed as part of patient management." (J.-L. Vachiery, European Respiratory Review, Vol. 22 (130), December, 2013)

"The aim is to provide a quick resource tool for clinicians who regularly perform cardiopulmonary exercise testing. ... The primary audience is clinical exercise scientists, and includes healthcare or clinical professionals who will be engaging in cardiopulmonary exercise testing on a regular basis. The book may be useful for higher level college students ... . This book is clear and concise. ... This is an excellent pocket guide for cardiopulmonary testing. It is descriptive and easy to understand, while translating well to the clinical setting." (Erik H. Vanlterson, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2013)