Six-minute walk test distance at time of hospital discharge is strongly and independently associated with all-cause mortality following cardiac surgery

Abstract We investigated the impact of distance covered in the six-minute walk test (6mWT) before being discharged from the hospital after cardiac surgery on the risk of all-cause mortality. Our study included 1127 patients who underwent cardiac surgery and then took part in a standardised physiothe...

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Main Authors: Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon, Benjumin Hsu, Richard Chard, Ian A. Nicholson, Victoria L. Elias, Lauren K. Nicola, Corrina R. Moore, Andrew D. Hirschhorn, Louisa R. Jorm, Sean F. Mungovan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52601-7