PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kenneth Leclerc
TI  - Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A contemporary and versatile clinical tool
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.84a.15013
DP  - 2017 Feb 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 161--168
VI  - 84
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/2/161.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/84/2/161.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2017 Feb 01; 84
AB  - Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) helps in detecting disorders of the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and skeletal muscle systems. It has a class I (indicated) recommendation from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association for evaluating exertional dyspnea of uncertain cause and for evaluating cardiac patients being considered for heart transplant. Advances in hardware and software and ease of use have brought its application into the clinical arena to the point that providers should become familiar with it and consider it earlier in the evaluation of their patients.