Peak Oxygen Consumption During Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Improves Risk Stratification in Candidates to Major Lung Resection

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
2903210	Chest	2009	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The present study supports a more liberal use of CPET before lung resection compared to the current guidelines since this test can help in stratifying the surgical risk and optimizing perioperative care.

Keywords

VO2 DLCO CPET Predicted postoperative FEV1 ppoFEV1 Lung resection coronary artery disease Cardiopulmonary exercise test Cardiopulmonary exercise testing Lung cancer CAD diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide Postoperative morbidity Postoperative mortality Oxygen consumption Peak oxygen consumption

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Peak Oxygen Consumption During Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Improves Risk Stratification in Candidates to Major Lung Resection

Authors

Alessandro MD, Romualdo MD, Majed MD, Michele MD, Laura MD, Cecilia MD, Armando MD,