Clinical ResearchHeart Failure6-Min Walk Test Provides Prognostic Utility Comparable to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Ambulatory Outpatients With Systolic Heart Failure
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Key Words
cardiopulmonary exercise testing
heart failure
prognosis
walking test
Abbreviations and Acronyms
6MW
6-minute walk
6MWD
6-minute walk distance
BMI
body mass index
CI
confidence interval
CPX
cardiopulmonary exercise
ECG
electrocardiogram
HF
heart failure
HR
hazard ratio
IDI
integrated discrimination improvement
LVEF
left ventricular ejection fraction
NYHA
New York Heart Association
VE/VCO2
ventilatory equivalents for exhaled carbon dioxide
VO2
oxygen consumption
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