Objective assessment of the response to treatment of severe heart failure using a 9-minute walk test on a patient-powered treadmill

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-139

  Kaddoura, Sam ^a,e   Patel, Deven ^a   Parameshwar, Jayan ^a   Sparrow, Jane ^a   Park, Amanda ^b   Bayliss, John ^c   Sutton, George C ^d   Poole Wilson, Philip A ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c Hemel Hempstead General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic threshold; Oxygen consumption; Self powered treadmill; Submaximal exercise test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030161151     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-9164(96)80032-7     Document Type: Article

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