Comparative value of NYHA functional class and quality-of-life questionnaire scores in assessing heart failure

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-105

  Athanasopoulos, Leonidas V ^a   Dritsas, Athanasios ^a   Doll, Helen A ^b   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BNP; Heart failure; NYHA functional class; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77949453101     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3181be7e47     Document Type: Article

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