Aerobic capacity and functional classification of patients with severe left-ventricular dysfunction

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 443-449

  Meyer, Katharina ^a   Westbrook, Samuel ^a   Schwaibold, Matthias ^a   Görnandt, Lothar ^a   Lehmann, Manfred ^b   Roskamm, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

American Medical Association classification; Canadian Cardiovascular Society classification; New York Heart Association classification; Severe left ventricular dysfunction; Weber classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0029793123     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177134     Document Type: Article

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