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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in healthy children and adolescents at moderately high altitude
Author(s) -
Hermes Ilárraza-Lomelí,
Javier Castañeda-López,
Jonathan Myers,
Irma Miranda,
Paula Quiroga,
María-Dolores Rius,
César Lopez-de-la-Vega,
Enrique Vallejo,
Juan Ernesto Calderón,
Javier Figueroa,
Alfonso Buendía-Hernández
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
archivos de cardiología de méxico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1405-9940
pISSN - 1665-1731
DOI - 10.1016/j.acmx.2013.04.003
Subject(s) - effects of high altitude on humans , medicine , physical therapy , psychology , anatomy
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is a tool that helps clinicians to establish diagnosis and calculate risk stratification in adults. However, the utility of this test among children with congenital heart disease has not been fully explored. The goal of this study was to describe reference values for cardiopulmonary performance of healthy children.

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