Chapter
Factors Relating to 6 Minute Walk Performance in Heart Failure Patients
Abstract
Reliable, responsive, and valid testing techniques are important in assessing symptoms, left ventricular function, and response to therapy in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Although left ventricular ejection fraction and New York Heart Association functional classification are valid mesures of left ventricular function and symptoms, respectively, they may be relatively insensitive to changes in patient performance. The 6 min walk …
Authors
Hendrican MC; McKelvie RS; McCartney N; Guyatt GH; Yusuf S
Book title
Mechanisms of Heart Failure
Series
Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine
Volume
167
Pagination
pp. 315-322
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
1995
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-2003-0_27