The 6-min walk test in heart failure: Is it a max or sub-maximum exercise test?

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-323

  Jehn, Melissa ^a   Halle, Martin ^a   Schuster, Tibor ^a   Hanssen, Henner ^a   Weis, Michael ^b   Koehler, Friedrich ^c   Schmidt Trucksäss, Arno ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical exercise testing; Exercise capacity; Oxygen consumption; Ventilatory response

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS;

EID: 70349748420     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1128-0     Document Type: Article

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