Assessment of chronic heart failure using gas exchange: Which variable and when to correct for body mass

Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 140-144

  Davey, Patrick ^a   Clark, Andrew ^b   Coats, Andrew ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Body mass; Gas exchange; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032798809     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006894     Document Type: Article

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