Cardiopulmonary exercise testing variables as predictors of long-term outcome in thoracic sarcoidosis
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) plays an important role in the assessment of functional capacity in patients with interstitial lung disease. The aim of this study was to identify CPET measures that might be helpful in predicting the vital capacity and diffusion capacity outcomes of patients...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2012-03-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000300012 |