Prognostic value of 6-minute walk corridor test in patients with mild to moderate heart failure: Comparison with other methods of functional evaluation

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-252

  Rostagno, Carlo ^a   Olivo, Giuseppe ^a   Comeglio, Marco ^a   Boddi, Vieri ^a   Banchelli, Michela ^a   Galanti, Giorgio ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional evaluation; Heart failure; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WALKING;

EID: 0042941918     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00244-1     Document Type: Article

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