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. 2014 Jan;96(1):86. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2014.96.1.86

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing as a predictor of complications

F Yanni 1,, LH Moyes , CJ McCaffer , RC Carter
PMCID: PMC5137680  PMID: 24417848

I read your article with interest. However, a sentence under the subheading ‘Cardiopulmonary exercise testing’ in the methods section (‘Two key measurements can be determined from these data, [oxygen uptake at peak exercise and anaerobic threshold], indicating the point at which anaerobic metabolism is inadequate to maintain high energy phosphate production […]’) does not coincide with the principle of cardiopulmonary exercise testing. I think you mean ‘indicating the point at which aerobic metabolism is inadequate…’ (The word ‘anaerobic’ should be corrected to ‘aerobic’.)


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