[Pneumological exercise test and pulmonary hypertension].
The aims of and indications for exercise testing as a noninvasive method in pneumology are described with special emphasis on the diagnosis of chronic thrombo-embolic disease and primary pulmonary hypertension. The methodology and the criteria of interpretation as well as the diagnostic value are exposed.
Blondel
J
J
Département de médecine interne, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Lausanne.
Leuenberger
P
P
D002908:Chronic Disease; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio