Incremental shuttle and six-minute walking tests in the assessment of functional capacity in chronic heart failure

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-135

  Pulz, Cristiane ^a,b   Diniz, Rosiane V ^a   Alves, Alexandre N F ^a   Tebexreni, Antônio S ^a   Carvalho, Antônio C ^a   de Paola, Ângelo A V ^a   Almeida, Dirceu R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exercise tolerance; Heart failure; Oxygen consumption; Prognosis; Walking

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING;

EID: 41349099416     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(08)70569-5     Document Type: Article

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