Quality Assurance and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Clinical Trials

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 283-289

  Brawner, Clinton A ^a   Ehrman, Jonathan K ^a   Aldred, Heather ^a   Schairer, John R ^a   Keteyian, Steven J ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Core laboratory; peak VO2; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049171794     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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