Alveolar-capillary membrane conductance is the best pulmonary function correlate of exercise ventilation efficiency in heart failure patients

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1017-1022

  Guazzi, Marco ^a   Reina, Giuseppe ^a   Tumminello, Gabriele ^a   Guazzi, Maurizio D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alveolar capillary gas diffusion; Exercise ventilation; Left ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CAPILLARY WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS DIFFUSION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

AGED; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 22544446507     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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