The Prognostic Value of Peak Cardiac Power Output in Chinese Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.

BACKGROUND:Cardiopulmonary exercise testing has been widely used to risk stratify patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Peak oxygen consumption (peakVO2) was regarded as a powerful predictor of survival, as it is a surrogate for peak cardiac output (CO), which by most is considered the "tr...

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Main Authors: Yuqin Shen, Haoming Song, Wenlin Ma, Zhu Gong, Yi Ni, Xiaoyu Zhang, Wenjun Xu, Jinfa Jiang, Lin Che, Jiahong Xu, Wenwen Yan, Lin Zhou, Guanghe Li, Qiping Zhang, Lemin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4726448?pdf=render