Papers from a CPX workshop held in Cologne, Germany.
On cover: CPX.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1: On the history of spiroergometry -- Dynamic coupling of external to cellular respiration during exercise -- Determination of VO₂ kinetics by means of spectral analysis: a new method for evaluation of endurance capacity -- The importance of lactate measurement for the determination of the anaerobic threshold -- The significance of spiroergometry from the viewpoint of sports cardiology -- Thoracic electrical bioimpedance - alternative or complement in cardiopulmonary exercise testing?
Part 2: Role of spiroergometry in clinical [exercise] testing -- Evaluation of the cardiopulmonary exercise tolerance inpatients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and chronic heart failure (CHF) -- Respiratory gas analysis in patients with chronic heart failure -- Influence of phosphodiesterase inhibitors on aerobic capacity in chronic heart failure -- Effect of a single oral dose of the PDE inhibitor Milrinone on exercise tolerance of chronic heart failure patients - CPX in advanced heart failure -- Spiroergometry in post myocardial infarction patients with compromised left ventricular function
Part 3: Evaluation of algorithms for rate adaptive pacing by gas exchange measurements -- Influence of rate responsive pacing on aerobic capacity in patients with chronotropic incompetence -- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in rate-modulated cardiac pacing based on minute ventilation and QT-interval -- Evaluation of temperature- and activity-controlled rate-adaptive cardiac pacemakers by spiroergometry
Part 4: Effects of inhaled Salbutamol and Oxitropium Bromide on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary artery disease -- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the diagnosis of HIV-infected patients -- Respiratory parameters after systemic corticotropin-releasing hormone administration