Role of maximal oxygen consumption in establishment of heart transplant candidacy for heart failure patients with intermediate exercise tolerance

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1124-1127

  Kao, Walter ^a   Winkel, Elaine M ^b   Johnson, Maryl R ^b   Piccione, William ^b   Lichtenberg, Robert ^b   Costanzo, Maria Rosa ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; EXERCISE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RISK;

EID: 0031011562     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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