Muscle strength as a predictor of long-term survival in severe congestive heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-107

  Hülsmann, Martin ^a   Quittan, Michael ^a   Berger, Rudolf ^a   Crevenna, Richard ^a   Springer, Christoph ^a   Nuhr, Martin ^a   Mörtl, Deddo ^a   Moser, Petra ^a   Pacher, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart failure; Muscle; Prognosis; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SURVIVAL RATE; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0842326404     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2003.07.008     Document Type: Article

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