Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in heart transplant candidates

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 442-446

  Ong, Kian Chung ^a   Benedicto, J P ^b   Chan, A H ^b   Tan, Y S ^b   Ong, Y Y ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anaerobic threshold; Cardiomyopathy; Exercise limitation; Heart failure; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0034231760     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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