Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the six-minute walk test in patients with heart failure.

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Published in Am Heart J on October 01, 2001

Authors

C Demers1, R S McKelvie, A Negassa, S Yusuf, RESOLVD Pilot Study Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Preventive Cardiology and Therapeutics Research Program, Division of Cardiology, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation-General Division and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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