Additive prognostic value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in elderly patients with heart failure

Clinical Science

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 415-422

  Scardovi, Angela B ^a   De Maria, Renata ^b   Celestini, Andrea ^a   Perna, Silvia ^c   Coletta, Claudio ^a   Feola, Mauro ^d   Aspromonte, Nadia ^a   Rosso, Gian Luca ^d   Carunchio, Alessandro ^a   Ferraironi, Alessandro ^a   Pimpinella, Alessandro ^a   Ricci, Roberto ^a  

^a SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Saint Croce and Carle Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Creatinine clearance; Elderly; Heart failure; Preserved left ventricular ejection fraction; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUDDEN DEATH; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; CARBON DIOXIDE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 63449120508     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20080111     Document Type: Article

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