Prognostic value of the six-minute walk test in heart failure

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-125

  Martins Rubim, Valéria Siqueira ^a,b   Neto, Cantídio Drumond ^a   Martins Romeo, José Luiz ^a   Montera, Marcelo Westerlund ^a  

^a Instituto de Dermatologia Prof Rubem David Azulay   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Prognosis; Six Minute Walk test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; EVALUATION; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WALKING;

EID: 33644768135     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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