Usefulness of Peak Oxygen Consumption in Predicting Outcome of Heart Failure in Women Versus Men

This investigation finds that percent of predicted maximum oxygen consumption, an age- and gender-adjusted measurement of exercise, capacity, describes the degree of functional impairment in women more accurately than peak oxygen consumption. This evidence must be considered when cardiopulmonary met...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 1997-11, Vol.80 (9), p.1236-1238
Main Authors: Richards, David R, Mehra, Mandeep R, Ventura, Hector O, Lavie, Carl J, Smart, Frank W, Stapleton, Dwight D, Milani, Richard V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - diagnosis
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - epidemiology
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - physiopathology
Case-Control Studies
Disease-Free Survival
Exercise Test
Exercise Tolerance - physiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart
Heart failure
Heart Failure - diagnosis
Heart Failure - epidemiology
Heart Failure - physiopathology
Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement
Humans
Male
Medical research
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Oxygen
Oxygen Consumption - physiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Sex Characteristics
Sex Factors
Time Factors
Women
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Summary:This investigation finds that percent of predicted maximum oxygen consumption, an age- and gender-adjusted measurement of exercise, capacity, describes the degree of functional impairment in women more accurately than peak oxygen consumption. This evidence must be considered when cardiopulmonary metabolic parameters are used for prognostic stratification of women with heart failure.
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00651-6