Peak oxygen uptake in relation to total heart volume discriminates heart failure patients from healthy volunteers and athletes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>An early sign of heart failure (HF) is a decreased cardiac reserve or inability to adequately increase cardiac output during exercise. Under normal circumstances maximal cardiac output is closely related to peak oxygen uptake (VO<...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance |
| Online Access: | http://www.jcmr-online.com/content/12/1/74 |