{"id":70082,"date":"2025-12-02T09:54:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=70082"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:54:47","slug":"dom-medicine-grand-rounds-dr-barbara-levarge-presents-from-mystery-to-mechanism-invasive-cpet-in-the-evaluation-of-exertional-dyspnea","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/event\/dom-medicine-grand-rounds-dr-barbara-levarge-presents-from-mystery-to-mechanism-invasive-cpet-in-the-evaluation-of-exertional-dyspnea\/","title":{"rendered":"DOM Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Barbara LeVarge presents: From Mystery to Mechanism: Invasive CPET in the Evaluation of Exertional Dyspnea.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-70083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/12\/blevarge-photo-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/12\/blevarge-photo-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/12\/blevarge-photo-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/12\/blevarge-photo-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/12\/blevarge-photo-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/12\/blevarge-photo-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/12\/blevarge-photo-600x840.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/12\/blevarge-photo-301x421.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2025\/12\/blevarge-photo.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>Dr. Barbara LeVarge is a clinical associate professor within the division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UNC. 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