Activity questionnaires; a useful tool in accessing heart failure patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 294-299

  Chryssanthopoulos, Stavros N ^a   Dritsas, Athanasios ^a   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

LIhFE; LVD 36; SAQ; Treadmill exercise spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION 36; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA LIVING WITH HEART FAILURE QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 27744490971     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.12.046     Document Type: Article

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