there are equations that correlate MHR to VO2 max and Power (watts) to VO2 Max - so if they were measuring your HR at various levels of power production (which is what they usually do) and noting when your HR plateaued then they should be able to come to a close approximation when deriving VO2 Max even without measuring inhale/exhale of the gasses.
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