Six-minute Walk Distance Predicts 30-Day Readmission in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 363-368

  Kommuri, Naga V A ^a   Johnson, Monica L ^b   Koelling, Todd M ^b  

^a SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise testing; Heart failure; Patient readmission; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING;

HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; WALKING;

EID: 77956804240     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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