EACPR training course on the use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in cardiology
Veruno, Italy
The course aimed to promote knowledge and use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in cardiology, offering participants the opportunity to meet well-known experts in the field, assist in live demonstrations of CPET and discuss clinical cases. The whole spectrum of CPET applications in cardiology was addressed by the course, with a special focus on the use of CPET for exercise training prescription and prognostic stratification in cardiac patients.
Course Director
A. Mezzani (Veruno, I)
Location
S. Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS - Scientific Institute of Veruno
Exercise Pathophysiology Laboratory
Veruno, Italy
Course objectives
To cover the required knowledge in Cardiovascular Secondary Prevention and Rehabilitation according to the Core Curriculum for the European Cardiologist.
- Read the 2011 course report
- View the 2011 course programme
- Save the date: Next course to be organised on 9-10 November 2012
Target audience
- Cardiologists
- Physiotherapists and Sports Teachers
- Nurses
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialists
Highlights
- Physiology of the oxygen transport and utilization system
- CPET indications, protocols, and parameters
- CPET systematic interpretation
- Use of CPET for functional evaluation of cardiac patients
- Use of CPET for prognostic stratification of cardiac patients
- Use of CPET for exercise training prescription in cardiac rehabilitation
- Assessing the validity of CPET measurements
Learn more about the EACPR Exercise, Basic and Translational Research Section