Cardiovascular mortality and chronotropic incompetence in systolic heart failure: The importance of a reappraisal of current cut-off criteria

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-209

  Magrì, Damiano ^a   Corrà, Ugo ^b   Di Lenarda, Andrea ^c   Cattadori, Gaia ^d   Maruotti, Antonello ^e,f   Iorio, Annamaria ^g   Mezzani, Alessandro ^b   Giannuzzi, Pantaleo ^b   Mantegazza, Valentina ^d   Gondoni, Erica ^d   Sinagra, Gianfranco ^g   Piepoli, Massimo F ^h   Fiorentini, Cesare ^d,i   Agostoni, Piergiuseppe ^d,i,j  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Centro Cardiovascolare   (Italy)

^d CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^h GUGLIELMO DA SALICETO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary exercise test; Chronotropic incompetence; Heart failure; Heart rate; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONOTROPIC INCOMPETENCE; CHRONOTROPISM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CHRONOTROPIC INCOMPETENCE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84897011489     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.36     Document Type: Article

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