Sex-specific Predictive Power of 6-Minute Walk Test in Chronic Heart Failure Is Not Enhanced Using Percent Achieved of Published Reference Equations

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-434

  Frankenstein, Lutz ^a   Zugck, Christian ^a   Nelles, Manfred ^a   Schellberg, Dieter ^a   Katus, Hugo ^a   Remppis, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 40949145660     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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