Cardiopulmonary Exercise Measures of Men and Women with HFrEF Differ in Their Relationship to Prognosis: The Henry Ford Hospital Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (FIT-CPX) Project

摘要

Background: This study evaluated if different prognostic characteristics exist for peak oxygen consumption (VO2), percent predicted peak VO2 (ppVO(2)), and the slope of the change in minute ventilation to volume of carbon dioxide produced (V-E-VCO2) slope between men and women with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).