Cardiopulmonary exercise testing for heart failure patients: A hodgepodge of techniques, parameters and interpretations. In other words, the need for a time-break

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 633-634

  Agostoni, Piergiuseppe ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c International Society for Exercise Intolerance Research and Education (ISEIRE)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; ERGOMETER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KINETICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33644923532     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi713     Document Type: Editorial

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