Similarity between predicted and obtained oxygen consumption during incremental cardiopulmonary exercise test in healthy men and chronic heart failure patients

• Main Authors: Rafael Santiago Floriano (Author), Alexandre Fenley (Author), Daniel Sobral Teixeira (Author), Leonardo da Costa Silva (Author), Hugo Valverde Reis (Author), Audrey Borghi-Silva (Author), Michel Silva Reis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) is a noninvasive method for assessing physiological changes during physical exercise. Functional capacity has been evaluated using prediction equations. However, this evaluation method may yield different outcomes when applied to a healthy male populat...