title: A clinician's guide to cardiopulmonary exercise testing 2: test interpretation.
abstract: Data obtained from cardiopulmonary exercise testing offer additional interpretive power over conventional exercise tolerance testing. When used correctly, these data allow improved clinical decision making in patients with cardiometabolic and respiratory disease.
authors.affiliation: Exercise Physiologist.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ingle
mesh_terms: D015308:Anaerobic Threshold; D003657:Decision Making; D005080:Exercise Test; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011379:Prognosis