Physiological response to the 6-minute walk test in chronic heart failure patients versus healthy control subjects

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 997-1003

  Deboeck, Gaël ^a   Muylem, Alain Van ^b   Vachiéry, Jean Luc ^b   Naeije, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

6 min walk test; chronic heart failure; exercise physiology; exercise testing; healthy subjects; oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; WALKING;

EID: 84904916633     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487313482283     Document Type: Article

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