PMID- 2848405
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19890109
LR  - 20190626
IS  - 0002-8703 (Print)
IS  - 0002-8703 (Linking)
VI  - 116
IP  - 6 Pt 1
DP  - 1988 Dec
TI  - Value of New York Heart Association classification, radionuclide 
      ventriculography, and cardiopulmonary exercise tests for selection of patients 
      for congestive heart failure studies.
PG  - 1475-82
AB  - To evaluate the necessity of an objective cardiopulmonary exercise test in the 
      selection procedure of patients for heart failure studies, 50 patients with 
      congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II and III and a 
      left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40% were subjected to a 
      cardiopulmonary exercise test. The results of the exercise test were compared 
      with the independent clinical estimation of NYHA class and data of measurements 
      obtained at rest. The NYHA classification separated the patients with a mild to 
      moderate impairment of aerobic capacity from patients with a moderate to severe 
      impairment of aerobic capacity very well, but 32% of the NYHA class II patients 
      had a near normal aerobic capacity, and 29% of the NYHA class III patients had a 
      very severe impairment of aerobic capacity, more compatible with NYHA class IV. 
      Only data from exercise measurements showed differences between groups. The 
      determination of maximal aerobic capacity for an objective assessment of 
      patients' performance at exercise is necessary for a proper selection procedure 
      of patients for heart failure studies.
FAU - Dunselman, P H
AU  - Dunselman PH
AD  - Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
FAU - Kuntze, C E
AU  - Kuntze CE
FAU - van Bruggen, A
AU  - van Bruggen A
FAU - Beekhuis, H
AU  - Beekhuis H
FAU - Piers, B
AU  - Piers B
FAU - Scaf, A H
AU  - Scaf AH
FAU - Wesseling, H
AU  - Wesseling H
FAU - Lie, K I
AU  - Lie KI
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Am Heart J
JT  - American heart journal
JID - 0370465
RN  - A0730CX801 (Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Clinical Trials as Topic/*methods
MH  - Evaluation Studies as Topic
MH  - Exercise Test
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/classification/*diagnosis/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Radionuclide Imaging
MH  - Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m
EDAT- 1988/12/01 00:00
MHDA- 1988/12/01 00:01
CRDT- 1988/12/01 00:00
PHST- 1988/12/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1988/12/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1988/12/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 0002-8703(88)90731-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/0002-8703(88)90731-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am Heart J. 1988 Dec;116(6 Pt 1):1475-82. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(88)90731-4.