Importance of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing amongst Subjects Recovering from COVID-19

• Published in: Diagnostics (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 3; p. 507
• Main Authors: Dorelli, Gianluigi, Braggio, Michele, Gabbiani, Daniele, Busti, Fabiana, Caminati, Marco, Senna, Gianenrico, Girelli, Domenico, Laveneziana, Pierantonio, Ferrari, Marcello, Sartori, Giulia, Dalle Carbonare, Luca, Crisafulli, Ernesto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 12.03.2021; MDPI AG
• Subjects: Brief Report; cardiopulmonary exercise test; cardiovascular alterations; COVID-19; exercise ventilatory inefficiency; heart rate recovery; Life Sciences; COVID-19; cardiopulmonary exercise test; cardiovascular alterations; exercise ventilatory inefficiency; heart rate recovery

The cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) provides an objective assessment of ventilatory limitation, related to the exercise minute ventilation (VE) coupled to carbon dioxide output (VCO2) (VE/VCO2); high values of VE/VCO2 slope define an exercise ventilatory inefficiency (EVin). In subjects recover...