Cardiopulmonary Exercise Laboratory

Location Children’s Heart Center 725 Welch Rd. 1st Floor Palo Alto, CA 94304 Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm

Phone: (650) 721-2121 Cardiopulmonary Exercise Laboratory: (650) 498-2587 Fax: (650) 497-8422

 

Learn more about our exciting hospital expansion by visiting growing.lpch.org Note that during this expansion, routes to 725 Welch have changed.

 

What We Do at the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Laboratory

The Children’s Heart Center’s Cardiopulmonary Exercise Laboratory offers personal programs and services for the evaluation and treatment or prevention of heart and lung disease in children.
 
We have a state-of-the-art cardiopulmonary (heart-and-lungs) exercise laboratory containing the most innovative and top quality exercise testing equipment. This enables us to accurately measure the activity of your child's heart and circulatory system, metabolism and lungs and pulmonary system.
 
Our exercise physiologists and physicians offer:

• Cardiopulmonary exercise stress testing – evaluates your child’s heart, lungs and metabolism during strenuous physical activity. The test results tell us what steps, if any, are necessary to make improvements over time.
  • Cardiopulmonary exercise-echocardiography stress testing – includes the use of ultrasound to examine the heart
  • Pharmacological nuclear exercise stress testing – includes the use of certain medications and nuclear imaging to examine the heart
  • Cardiopulmonary bronchial provocation (asthma) testing – evaluates your child’s airway response to strenuous physical activity
    
    
• Functional capacity evaluations of patients with cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension (high blood pressure), hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol or lipids), or obesity
  
  
• Evaluation for clearance in athletic participation and physical education
  
  
• 6-minute walk testing – determines your child’s aerobic capacity and functional status and evaluates disease progression, medical interventions or other therapeutic outcomes
  
  
• Heart disease prevention programs

We also perform:

• Academic and clinical research studies 
• Exercise counseling, conditioning and programming
• Transplant and pre- and postoperative assessments and evaluations

Referring Health Care Providers

Please download this form (PDF) to refer a child to the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Laboratory. Please fax the completed form to (650) 497-8422.

Learn More about Cardiopulmonary Exercise Stress Tests

• How to Prepare for a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Stress Test
• What Happens During a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Stress Test
• What We Learn from a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Stress Test

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Laboratory Team

	Jeffrey Kazmucha, MS, CES, CSCS Pediatric Exercise Physiologist
	Inger Olson, MD