Comparison of 6-min walk test distance and cardiopulmonary exercise test performance in children with pulmonary hypertension

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-147

  Lammers, Astrid E ^a   Diller, Gerhard Paul ^b   Odendaal, Dolf ^a   Tailor, Sheila ^a   Derrick, Graham ^a   Haworth, Sheila G ^a,c  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 78651446196     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.169904     Document Type: Article

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