The 6 minute walk test: A cost effective alternative to cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with congestive heart failure?;Der 6-minuten-gehtest: Eine kostengunstige alternative zur spiroergometrie bei patienten mit chronischer herzinsuffizienz?

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 72-80

  Haass, M ^a   Zugck, C ^a   Kubler W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

6 minute walk test; Cardiac transplantation; Cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Congestive heart failure; NYHA functional classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; WALKING;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIROMETRY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WALKING;

EID: 0034117886     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920050012     Document Type: Article

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