Maximum oxygen uptake during exercise is one of the best predictors of operative mortality and of prognosis in chronic cardiac or respiratory disease. Cardiopulmonary exercise (CPEX) tests are therefore an increasingly common component of pre-operative assessment and the managem…
Maximum oxygen uptake during exercise is one of the best predictors of operative mortality and of prognosis in chronic cardiac or respiratory disease. Cardiopulmonary exercise (CPEX) tests are therefore an increasingly common component of pre-operative assessment and the managem…