Prognostic value of time-related changes of cardiopulmonary exercise testing indices in stable chronic heart failure: a pragmatic and operative scheme

1 April 2006

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Vol. 13 (2) , 186-192
https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hjr.0000189807.22224.54

Abstract

Background Although peak oxygen consumption (VO2) is an objective measurement of functional capacity linked to survival, most clinicians use clinical history to...

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