Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Lung Transplantation: A Review

Table 2

CPET indicators that correlate with outcome.

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