Copyright © 1990 by the European Society of Cardiology.
© 1990 The European Society of Cardiology
Assessment of cardiac output at rest and during exercise by a carbon dioxide rebreathing method
Hypertension and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Unit, University Hospitals, University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven), Belgium
Address for correspondence: Dr T. Reybrouck, Department of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, University Hospital, Weligerveld 1, 3212 Pellenberg, Belgium
The validity of a CO2 rebreathing (exponential) method to determine cardiac output was acceptable during exercise, but not at rest. The reproducibility during exercise of the measurement of cardiac output was similar to data published for the dye dilution method.
Key Words: CO2 rebreathing method exercise