Assessment of Functional Capacity in Chagas Heart Disease by Incremental Shuttle Walk Test and its Relation to Quality-of-Life

BACKGROUND: The cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) is considered to be the gold standard to evaluate functional capacity (FC) in patients with heart failure. However, field tests such as the 6-min walk test (6MWT) and the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) are simple and effective in evaluating...

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Autores principales: Costa, Henrique Silveira, Alves, Rafael Leite, da Silva, Stela Alves, Alencar, Maria Clara Noman, Nunes, Maria do Carmo Pereira, Lima, Márcia Maria Oliveria, Rocha, Manoel Otávio da Costa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3950736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24627740

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3950736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24627740

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