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How to use cardiopulmonary exercise testing in cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation
Alessandro Mezzani and Marco Guazzi, EAPC Exercise, Basic and Translational Research Section, answer key questions
06 Nov 2018
Dr. Alessandro Mezzani ,
FESC
Prof. Marco Guazzi ,
FESC
Over the last 30 years, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) has gained widespread acceptance as the gold standard for exercise capacity assessment and prognostic stratification in both normal subjects and patients with cardiovascular and several non-cardiovascular diseases in stable clinical conditions.