Reproducibility of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in elderly patients with congestive heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 905-909

  Marburger, Christian T ^a   Brubaker, Peter H ^a   Pollock, William E ^a   Morgan, Timothy M ^a   Kitzman, Dalane W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE;

AGED; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0032189997     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00502-5     Document Type: Article

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