Usefulness of Cardiac Index and Peak Exercise Oxygen Consumption for Determining Priority for Cardiac Transplantation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1353-1355

  Methvin, Amanda ^a   Georgiopoulou, Vasiliki V ^a   Kalogeropoulos, Andreas P ^a   Malik, Adnan ^a   Anarado, Perry ^a   Chowdhury, Mahdi ^a   Hussain, Imad ^a   Book, Wendy M ^a   Laskar, Sonjoy R ^a   Vega, J David ^a   Smith, Andrew L ^a   Butler, Javed ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77950826796     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.12.053     Document Type: Article

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