Predictors of exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-225

  Daullxhiu, Irfan ^a   Haliti, Edmond ^a   Poniku, Afrim ^a   Ahmeti, Artan ^a   Hyseni, Violeta ^a   Olloni, Rozafa ^a   Vela, Zana ^a   Elezi, Shpend ^a   Bajraktari, Gani ^a   Daullxhiu, Teuta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER OF KOSOVO   (Serbia)

^b Private Cardiology Clinic 'Zemra'   (Serbia)

Author keywords

chronic heart failure; echocardiography; six minute walk test

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; WALKING;

EID: 79953669035     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328343e950     Document Type: Article

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