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Does cardiac output response to exercise predict 1-year survival in ambulatory patients with heart failure referred for transplantation?
Does cardiac output response to exercise predict 1-year survival in ambulatory patients with heart failure referred for transplantation?
Direct measurement of cardiac output response to exercise, combined with peak VO2, provides strong independent prognostic information for 1-year survival in heart failure patients evaluated for transplantation.
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May enhance risk stratification in HF transplant candidates; leaves open whether CO response alters decisions beyond peak VO2.
&NA; (1997) studied this question.
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