Heart rate recovery after the 6 min walk test rather than distance ambulated is a powerful prognostic indicator in heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction: A comparison with cardiopulmonary exercise testing

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 519-527

  Cahalin, Lawrence P ^a   Arena, Ross ^b   Labate, Valentina ^c   Bandera, Francesco ^c   Lavie, Carl J ^d,e   Guazzi, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

6 Min walk test; Cardiopulmonary exercise test; Heart failure; Heart rate recovery

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE RECOVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84877115232     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs216     Document Type: Article

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