Echocardiography and 6-minute walk test in left ventricular systolic dysfunction;Ecocardiografia e teste de caminhada de 6 minutos na disfunção sistólica do ventrículo esquerdo

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-129

  Berisha, Venera ^a   Bajraktari, Gani ^a,c   Dobra, Dritero ^b   Haliti, Edmond ^a   Bajrami, Reshat ^a   Elezi, Shpend ^b  

^a Universidad Centro Clínico de Kosova

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart failure; Walking, quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 65949096828     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2009000200009     Document Type: Article

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