VE/VCO2 slope is associated with abnormal resting haemodynamics and is a predictor of long-term survival in chronic heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 420-427

  Nanas, Serafim N ^a   Nanas, John N ^b   Sakellariou, Dimitrios Ch ^a   Dimopoulos, Stavros K ^a   Drakos, Stavros G ^b   Kapsimalakou, Smaragdo G ^a   Mpatziou, Christina A ^b   Papazachou, Ourania G ^a   Dalianis, Anargyros S ^b   Anastasiou Nana, Maria I ^b   Roussos, Charis ^a  

^a Evgenidion Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Heart failure; Interstitial pulmonary oedema; Risk stratification; Ventilatory response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE INDUCED HYPERPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INDEX; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; LUNG VENTILATION DISTRIBUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TREADMILL EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744964931     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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