6-min walk test provides prognostic utility comparable to cardiopulmonary exercise testing in ambulatory outpatients with systolic heart failure.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on November 21, 2012

Authors

Daniel E Forman1, Jerome L Fleg, Dalane W Kitzman, Clinton A Brawner, Ann M Swank, Robert S McKelvie, Robert M Clare, Stephen J Ellis, Mark E Dunlap, Vera Bittner

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. deforman@partners.org

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