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Clinical cardiopulmonary exercise testing may yield detailed diagnostic information important to the patient’s ideal care. This testing may provide valuable diagnostic data for a patient’s poor exercise capacity, assist evaluation of disease conditions, and safely evaluate the patient’s ability to start and continue an exercise program. Monitors uptake of oxygen, EKG, blood pressure, ventilation, and perceived exertion using a treadmill or cycle ergometer (10). A motivated patient interested in improving their health status despite chronic disease conditions will greatly benefit from a referral for cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
Exercise testing will be able to evaluate a patient’s response to exercise while taking medications. An example includes medications such as beta blockers, including labetalol, which decrease heart rate and blood pressure during rest and exercise. Beta blockers will also increase baseline exercise capacity in patients with pre-existing angina and will either decrease exercise capacity or have no effect on those patients without angina. (15)
