Can kinetics of oxygen uptake at onset of exercise identify contractile reserve in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction?

Int J Cardiol. 2008 Oct 13;129(3):427-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.06.059. Epub 2007 Aug 8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Exercise / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Contraction / physiology*
  • Myocardial Ischemia / diagnosis
  • Myocardial Ischemia / metabolism*
  • Myocardial Ischemia / physiopathology
  • Oxygen Consumption / physiology*
  • Stroke Volume / physiology*
  • Time Factors
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / metabolism*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology