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Cardiopulmonary Metabolic Testing
Cardiopulmonary Metabolic Exercise Stress Testing
Cardiopulmonary Metabolic Exercise Stress Testing (CMET) is the ultimate method of differential diagnostics, enabling the functions of the lungs, heart, circulation and cell metabolism to be analyzed at rest and during exercise. By considering the interaction of all the system components, its diagnostic reliability is far greater than that of isolated individual tests (for example blood gas analysis, spirometry, standard 12-lead ECG treadmill stress test, etc.).
Evaluation of exercise performance is an integral component of every medical history. Currently, it is accomplished by means of subjective history taking. Routine exercise testing adds very little information; however, the addition of gas analysis (or cardiopulmonary exercise stress testing [CMET] ) provides the crucial objective assessment by analyzing breath-by-breath oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide production, and anaerobic threshold (AT).
A cardiopulmonary metabolic exercise test is noninvasive and uses state of the art testing equipment. It can be applied with equal degrees of success with all ages and exercise tolerance including: children, adults, geriatrics and athletic populations.
Patients who experience breathlessness, chest or abdominal discomfort, and lack of stamina are appropriate candidates. Other ideal candidates include patients with diabetes, elevated risk factors such as lipid disorders, smoking, hypertension, sedentary living and ‘dysmetabolic syndrome X’.