The incremental prognostic importance of body fat adjusted peak oxygen consumption in chronic heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2126-2131

  Osman, Ahmed F ^a   Mehra, Mandeep R ^a   Lavie, Carl J ^a   Nunez, Eduardo ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; DEATH; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033667326     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00985-2     Document Type: Article

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