Serial cardiopulmonary exercise testing: Rationale and interpretation;Metodologia della prova da sforzo nel paziente con scompenso. Test seriati: Razionale ed interpretazione del risultato

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 326-331

  Corra, U ^a   Bosimini, E ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; EXERCISE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033765311     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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