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Gender related pred...
Gender related predictors of limited exercise capacity in heart failure
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- Bajraktari, Gani (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Kardiologi,Clinic of Cardiology and Angiology, University Clinical Centre of Kosova, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo
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Kurtishi, Ilir (författare)
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Rexhepaj, Nehat (författare)
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Tafarshiku, Rina (författare)
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- Ibrahimi, Pranvera (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Kardiologi
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- Jashari, Fisnik (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Kardiologi
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Alihajdari, Rrezarta (författare)
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Batalli, Arlind (författare)
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Elezi, Shpend (författare)
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- Henein, Michael Y (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Kardiologi
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- Elsevier, 2013
- 2013
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: IJC Heart & Vessels. - : Elsevier. - 2214-7632. ; 1, s. 11-16
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- Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of gender on the prediction of limited exercise capacity in heart failure (HF) patients assessed by 6 minute walk test (6-MWT).Methods In 147 HF patients (mean age 61 ± 11 years, 50.3% male), a 6-MWT and a Doppler echocardiographic study were performed in the same day. Conventional cardiac measurements were obtained and global LV dyssynchrony was indirectly assessed using total isovolumic time − t-IVT [in s/min; calculated as: 60 − (total ejection time − total filling time)] and Tei index (t-IVT/ejection time). Patients were divided into two groups according to gender, which were again divided into two subgroups based on the 6-MWT distance (Group I: ≤ 300 m, and Group II: > 300 m).Results Female patients were younger (p = 0.02), and had higher left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction — EF (p = 0.007) but with similar 6-MWT distance to male patients (p = 68). Group I male patients had lower hemoglobin level (p = 0.02) and lower EF (p = 0.03), compared with Group II, but none of the clinical or echocardiographic variables differed between groups in female patients. In multivariate analysis, only t-IVT [0.699 (0.552–0.886), p = 0.003], and LV EF [0.908 (0.835–0.987), p = 0.02] in males, and NYHA functional class [4.439 (2.213–16.24), p = 0.02] in females independently predicted poor 6-MWT distance (< 300 m).Conclusion Despite similar limited exercise capacity, gender determines the pattern of underlying cardiac disturbances; ventricular dysfunction in males and subjective NYHA class in female heart failure patients.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Kardiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (hsv//eng)
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- Six-minute walk test
- Doppler echocardiography
- LV function and dyssynchrony
- Gender
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