Review Article

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Lung Transplantation: A Review

Table 2

CPET indicators that correlate with outcome.

DiseaseCPET outcome variableReference

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisVO2 ≤ 8.3 mL/min/kg[10]
PaO2 slope ≤ −60 mmHg/L/min[11]
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseVO2 max (<15 mL/min/kg)[12]
VO2 max < 60% predicted[12]
VO2 max[13]
PaO2 slope ≤ −80 mmHg/L/min[14]
Pulmonary vascular diseasepeak SBP ≤ 120 mm or less and[15]
peak VO2 ≤ 10.4 mL/kg/min
Cystic fibrosisVO2 max,VE/VO2, peak work[16]
VO2 of 45 mL/min/kg[17]