TY - JOUR JF - European Respiratory Review JO - EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW SP - 591 LP - 591 VL - 22 IS - 130 AU - J-L. Vachiery Y1 - 2013/12/01 UR - http://err.ersjournals.com/content/22/130/591.abstract N2 - Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing A.M. Luks, R.W. Glenny, H. Thomas Robertson Springer. 147. £30.59. 978-1-4614-6282-8.“Doctor, I am short of breath when I climb the stairs”. How many times do physicians hear these words in their daily practice? Exercise intolerance is one of the most common symptoms triggering medical advice. This is especially true in respiratory and cardiac diseases where the assessment of the level of impairment plays a critical role in the management and prognosis of various chronic conditions.There are various ways to assess exercise capacity. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is the most comprehensive tool used to gather information on the interplay between muscular, cardiac and respiratory limitations. CPET has the ability to make the distinction between each of the components adapting to exercise. Despite this, CPET remains rather underused in clinical practice at least, in part, because the procedure is quite demanding, but also … ER -