Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Cardiovascular Health - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0879937009 ISBN 13 : 9780879937003

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2002

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Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Cardiovascular Healthdescribes new research and findings relevant to cardiovascularhealth as assessed by cardiopulmonary exercise testing. It bringstogether investigational cardiologists, pulmonologists andscientists who share a wealth of experience needed to judge thecardiovascular health, and the impairments of patients with avariety of illnesses. It presents the latest applications ofcardiopulmonary exercise testing, including the use of computersand rapidly responding gas analysers, which make it possible toevaluate the cardiovascular system in a quantitative way.

This book provides a comprehensive, updated presentation of theinformation that can be gained by cardiopulmonary exercise testingto assess the health of the cardiovascular system as a whole, andits individual components. It heralds a new era in which theinstrumentation provides accurate measurements and the functions ofthe heart, pulmonary, and peripheral circulations and the lungs canbe described quantitatively in graphical form. This enables thephysician and investigator to measure the degree of success withwhich the cardiovascular system supports the O2 supply for theenergy–generating mechanisms needed to sustain life.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0879937009
• ISBN 13: 9780879937003
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Wasserman Karlman