September 1, 2004Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
Influence of Subject Effort on the Prognostic Value of Peak VO2 and the VE/VCO2 Slope in Patients With Heart Failure
Key result
Subject effort influences the prognostic value of peak VO2 and the VE/VCO2 slope in patients with heart failure.
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Subject effort should be considered when interpreting CPET for HF prognosis; leaves open optimal adjustment methods for clinical use.
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Arena et al. (2004) studied this question. Subject effort influences the prognostic value of peak VO2 and the VE/VCO2 slope in patients with heart failure.