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The concomitant gas exchange measurement furthers the modality of exercise testing by estimating oxygen consumption at different exercise intensities. Oxygen consumption, in turn, can be approximated to the measurable metabolic equivalent (MET). Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) remains the sole method for the direct MET measurement. During this test, many variables are recorded including the expiratory ventilation, pulmonary gas exchange (oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide output), along with electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood pressure recordings [1].
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Rodriguez, A.P. (2017). Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing. In: Hendel, R., Kimmelstiel, C. (eds) Cardiology Procedures. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7290-1_5
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