The 6-minute walk test predicts clinical outcome in Asian patients with chronic congestive heart failure on contemporary medical therapy: A study of the multiracial population in Singapore

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-175

  Lee, Raymond ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b   Wong, Jennifer ^a   Lau, Diana ^a   Ng, Kenneth ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

6 minute walk test; Asian population; Congestive heart failure; Death; NYHA functional class; Readmission

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SINGAPORE; WALKING;

EID: 34249304377     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.189     Document Type: Article

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