6-min walk test provides prognostic utility comparable to cardiopulmonary exercise testing in ambulatory outpatients with systolic heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 2653-2661

  Forman, Daniel E ^a,b   Fleg, Jerome L ^c   Kitzman, Dalane W ^d   Brawner, Clinton A ^e   Swank, Ann M ^f   McKelvie, Robert S ^g   Clare, Robert M ^h   Ellis, Stephen J ^h   Dunlap, Mark E ⁱ   Bittner, Vera ^j  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^g HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^h DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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Author keywords

cardiopulmonary exercise testing; heart failure; prognosis; walking test

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OUTPATIENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 84871323041     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.08.1010     Document Type: Article

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