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Cardiopulmonary Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: Exercise Testing:
ClinicalClinicalExamplesExamples
Darcy D. MarciniukDarcy D. MarciniukMD, FRCP(C), FCCPMD, FRCP(C), FCCP
Division of Respirology, Critical Division of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep MedicineCare and Sleep Medicine
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Consultancy Fees / Advisory BoardsAstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Health Canada, Health Quality Council, Novartis, Nycomed, Pfizer, Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan Medical Association, Saskatoon Health Region
Research FundingAstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health, Canadian Institute of Health Research, GlaxoSmithKline, Lung Association of Saskatchewan, Novartis, Nycomed, Pfizer, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, Schering-Plough
Speaker’s BureauAstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer
Fiduciary PositionsCanadian COPD Alliance, American College of Chest Physicians, Chest Foundation, Saskatchewan Lung Association
EmployeeUniversity of Saskatchewan
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Variable CHFCHF COPDCOPD ILDILD PVDPVD De-De-conditionedconditioned
Peak VOPeak VO22 ↓↓ ↓↓ ↓↓ ↓↓ ↓↓
ATAT ↓↓ V or V or indeterminateindeterminate ↓↓ ↓↓ ↔ ↔ or ↓or ↓
Peak HRPeak HR vv ↔ ↔ or ↓or ↓ ↓↓ ↔ ↔ or ↓or ↓ ↔ ↔ or ↓or ↓
OO22 Pulse Pulse ↓↓ ↔ ↔ or ↓or ↓ ↔ ↔ or ↓or ↓ ↓↓ ↓↓
VVEE/MVV/MVV ↔ ↔ or ↓or ↓ ↑↑ ↔ ↔ or ↑or ↑ ↔↔ ↔↔
VVEE/VCO/VCO22 ↑↑ ↑↑ ↑↑ ↑↑ ↔↔
VVDD/V/VTT ↑↑ ↑↑ ↑↑ ↑↑ ↔↔
PaOPaO22 ↔↔ vv ↓↓ ↓↓ ↔↔
PPA-aA-aOO22 ↔↔ vv ↑↑ ↑↑ ↔↔
(↓= decreased; ↔ = unchanged from normal; ↑ = increased; v = variable)
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Principles of InterpretationAddress fundamental questions when interpreting exercise test results:
– are the results normal or abnormal?– how limited is the patient?– what factors are responsible for the
limitation?– what abnormal patterns of response are
demonstrated?– what clinical disorders may result in
these patterns of response?
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Clinical Background – Case #1
• 64-yr-old male with COPD. Medication increased recently, but shortness of breath with exertion unchanged. No chest pain, no other significant history. Meds: tiotropium, salmeterol, salbutamol prn
• O/E: SaO2 96%, decreased breath sounds, all else normal
• ECG: no significant abnormalities • CXR: hyperinflation, vascular deficiency• Echocardiogram: normal ventricular
function• “Moderate COPD with significant limitation.
Rehab referral”
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Pulmonary Function Before After
FVC (L) 3.38 3.59
(71% pred) (76% pred)
FEV1 (L) 1.49 1.76 (50% pred) (59% pred)
FEV1/FVC 44% 49%TLC (L) 6.86 (105% pred)RV (L) 3.36 (135% pred)Dlco (ml/min/mmHg) 22.5 ( 65% pred)maximal incremental, room air, 10 watts/min cycle
ergometer
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Exercise Measurements
Rest End-Exercise %Pred
Wmax (watts) -- 82 45VO2 (L/min) 0.36 1.52 58VO2 AT (L/min) -- 1.10
(>1.03)VE (L/min) 12.1 44.8 69BR (L) -- 18.9SaO2 (%) 97 98HR (/min) 68 109 60Dyspnea/Legs 0.5/0 5/5ECG no arrhythmias or ischemic changes
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“I couldn’t do anymore - my breathing and legs”
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0
1
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3
0 50 100 150 200
VO
2(L
/min
)
Workrate (W)
VO2max predicted
Wm
axp
red
icte
d
R=1
VO
2max
pre
dic
ted
0
1
2
3
0 1 2 3
VC
O2
(L/m
in)
VO2 (L/min)
Moderate COPDModerate COPD
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VO
2max
pre
dic
ted
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5
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0 1 2 3
O2
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lse
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/be
at)
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art
Ra
te (
/min
)
VO2 (L/min)
HRmax predicted
VO
2max
pre
dic
ted
20
30
40
50
0 1 2 3
VE
/VO
2V
E/V
CO
2
VO2 (L/min)
Moderate COPDModerate COPD
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35
FEV1 x 35
0
25
50
75
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
VE
(L/m
in)
VCO2 (L/min)
FE
V1
x 35
VC
0
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20
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40
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1
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3
0 25 50 75
f ( /
min
)
VT
(L)
VE (L/min)
Moderate COPDModerate COPD
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Ventilatory Responses
NormalLung
Disease
VE(L
/min
)
VO2 (L/min)
MVC (Normal)
MVC (Lung Disease)
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VO
2max
pre
dic
ted
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0 1 2 3
VD
/VT
VO2 (L/min)
VO
2max
pre
dic
ted
20
30
40
50
0 1 2 3
PE
TC
O2
(mm
Hg
)
VO2 (L/min)
Moderate COPDModerate COPD
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VO
2max
pre
dic
ted
80
85
90
95
100
0 1 2 3
Sp
O2(%
)
VO2 (L/min)
Moderate COPDModerate COPD
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Flo
w (
l/se
c)
Volume (l)
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Interpretation• physiologically sub-maximal study• significant exercise limitation with
reduced work and aerobic capacity• although abnormal responses evident,
respiratory system was not limiting– mechanical ventilatory reserve, no oxygen
desaturation, flow-volume curves• no ECG/rhythm disturbances [prior normal
echocardiogram] – suggest heart rate and O2 pulse observations
are consistent with a component of deconditioning
Moderate COPDModerate COPD
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Clinical Background – Case #2
• 16-yr-old female who presents with shortness of breath in gym class. Mother is concerned she is also not able to keep up with her peers (Mom was a university track & field competitor)
• No meds, no significant past/family history
• O/E: normal, no murmurs• ECG: normal; CXR: normal• PFT: normal• MCT: PC20 > 32 mg/ml• “Unexplained shortness of breath”
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Exercise Measurements Rest End-Exercise
%PredWmax (watts) -- 65 47
VO2 (L/min) 0.20 1.32 74
VE (L/min) 9.6 35.5 34BR (L) -- 68.5SaO2 (%) 99 96HR (/min) 86 151 75Dyspnea 2 9Legs 0 3“I Can’t Breath Anymore”
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0
0.5
1
1.5
2
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
VC
O2
(L/m
in)
VO2 (L/min)
VO
2max
pre
dic
ted
R = 1
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
0 50 100 150
VO
2(L
/min
)
Workrate (W)
VO2max predicted
Wm
axp
red
icte
d
Unexplained Dyspnea
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30
40
50
60
70
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
VE
/VO
2V
E/V
CO
2
VO2 (L/min)
VO
2max
pre
dic
ted
0
5
10
15
20
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0 0.5 1 1.5 2
O2
Pu
lse
(m
L/b
ea
t)
He
art
Ra
te (
/m
in)
VO2 (L/min)
HRmax predicted
VO
2max
pre
dic
ted
Unexplained Dyspnea
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25
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100
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1
2
3
4
0 30 60 90 120
f (
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(L)
VE (L/min)
FE
V1
x 35
VC
0
30
60
90
120
0 1 2 3
VE
(L/m
in)
VCO2 (L/min)
FEV1 x 35
35
Unexplained Dyspnea
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30
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0 0.5 1 1.5 2
PE
TC
O2
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Hg
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2max
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dic
ted
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0.2
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0.4
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
VD
/VT
VO2 (L/min)
VO
2max
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Unexplained Dyspnea
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80
85
90
95
100
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
Sp
O2
(%)
VO2 (L/min)
VO
2max
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Unexplained Dyspnea
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Unexplained Dyspnea
-8
-4
0
4
8
12
-2 0 2 4 6
Flow
(L/s
)
Volume (l)
Maximal
Rest
Sub-maximal Exercise
End Exercise
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Healthy Normal
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Interpretation• physiologically sub-maximal study• exercise limitation with reduced work
(significant) and aerobic capacity (mild)• respiratory system was not exercise
limiting– mechanical ventilatory reserve, no oxygen
desaturation, – respiratory responses not typical of a known
disease process
• all other responses are normal• other [… psychologic] contributors to the
patient’s symptoms?
Unexplained Dyspnea
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Clinical Background – Case #3
• 56-yr-old male with Rheumatoid Arthritis x 5 years. 6 month history of decreasing exercise tolerance and increasing dry cough.
• O/E: clubbed, reduced chest expansion, late inspiratory crackles, stigmata of RA
• ECG:sinus tachycardia with RA enlargement
• “56-year-old man with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Interstitial Lung Disease. ?transplant”
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Pulmonary Function
FVC (L) 1.82 53% predFEV1 (L) 2.19 45% pred
FEV1/FVC 83%
TLC (L) 3.47 50% predRV (L) 1.28 54% predDlco (ml/min/mmHg) 9.8 27% pred
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Exercise Measurements
Rest End-Exercise %PredWmax (watts) -- 50 29
VO2 (L/min) 0.34 1.07 44
VE (L/min) 20.1 68.1 106
BR (L) -- (3.9)SaO2 (%) 97 76HR (/min) 131 164 100Dyspnea 0.5 7Legs 0 7“Can’t do anymore … breathing and my legs.”
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VO
2 (L
/min
)
Workrate (W)
0 60 120 180
0
1
2
VO2max predicted
Wm
ax
pre
dic
ted
Hea
rt R
ate
(/m
in)
VO2 (L/min)
100
140
180
60
0 1 2
HRmax predicted
VO
2ma
x p
red
icte
d
ILD / (?) Transplant Candidate
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VC
O2
(L/m
in)
VO2 (L/min)
0
1
2
0 1 2
VO
2ma
x p
red
icte
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R = 1
VE
/ V
O2
VE
/ V
CO
2
VO2 (L/min)
0 1 2
40
50
60
70
VO
2ma
x p
red
icte
d
ILD / (?) Transplant Candidate
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VE
(L
/min
)
VCO2 (L/min)
0 1 2
0
20
40
60
80
FEV1 x 35
35
VT
(L)
VE (L/min)
f (
/min
)
0
1
2
3
0 20 40 60 80
20
40
60
VC
FE
V1 x
3
5
ILD / (?) Transplant Candidate
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PE
TC
O2
(m
mH
g)
VO2 (L/min)
0 1 2
10
20
30
40
50
VO
2ma
x p
red
icte
d
SaO
2
(%)
VO2 (L/min)
70
80
90
100
0 1 2
VO
2ma
x p
red
icte
d
ILD / (?) Transplant Candidate
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End-Exercise Measurements RA Test O2 Test
%ChangeSaO2 (%) 76 92 +
21HR (/min) 164 158 - 4
(100% pred) (96% pred)
Wmax (watts) 50 75 + 50 (29% pred) (44% pred)
Dyspnea 7 7Legs 7 5RA Test: “Can’t do anymore … breathing and my legs.”
O2 Test: “My breathing gave out.”
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Workrate (W)
SaO
2
(%)
70
80
90
100
0 60 120 180
Room Air
O2
Wm
ax
pre
dic
ted
Workrate (W)
Hea
rt R
ate
( /m
in)
60
100
140
180
0 60 120 180
Room Air
O2
Wm
ax
pre
dic
ted
HRmax predicted
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Interpretation• physiologically maximal study with
profound exercise limitation– peak VO2 44% predicted– VO2/kg = 10.8 ml/kg/min
• absent ventilatory reserve, significant arterial oxygen desaturation, ventilatory inefficiency, rapid/shallow breathing pattern
• abnormal cardiovascular responses• improved performance [but not
normalization] with supplemental oxygen
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The Bottom Line …• important to focus on the reason(s) for testing
– ensures a correct and meaningful interpretation
• multitude of graphical and numerical results, and an over-dependence on complicated algorithms contributes to confusion– focus on cardinal measurements and relationships– no single finding or measurement is diagnostic of
any specific disease entity– CPET is never ordered, nor should it be interpreted in
isolation
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