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Does exercise capacity assessed by the 6 minute walk test distance predict the development of major adverse cardiac events in patients with STEMI after fibrinolysis?
Does exercise capacity assessed by the 6 minute walk test distance predict the development of major adverse cardiac events in patients with STEMI after fibrinolysis?
The addition of 6-minute walk test distance assessment pre-discharge to the traditional GRACE risk score improves the risk prediction of cardiovascular events at 3 months in STEMI patients treated with fibrinolysis.
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May support adding 6MWT to GRACE for post-fibrinolysis STEMI risk stratification; hypothesis-generating and needs prospective validation before practice change.
Hassan et al. (2014) studied this question.
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