Relationship between right ventricular ejection fraction and maximum exercise oxygen consumption: A methodological study in chronic heart failure patients

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 644-649

  Hacker, Marcus ^a   Störk, Stefan ^b   Stratakis, Diana ^a   Angermann, Christiane E ^b   Huber, Rudolf ^a   Hahn, Klaus ^a   Tausig, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Peak oxygen consumption; Radionuclide ventriculography; Right ventricular ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CALCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; REST; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0347662014     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(03)00659-7     Document Type: Article

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