Use of the 6-minute walk test for women with diastolic heart failure

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 264-268

  Gary, Rebecca A ^a,b   Sueta, Carla A ^a   Rosenberg, Beth ^a   Cheek, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUKE ACTIVITY STATUS INDEX; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF MONITORING; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 3442895626     PISSN: 08839212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008483-200407000-00011     Document Type: Article

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