Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 756-762 , November 2009

The Lowest VE/VCO2 Ratio During Exercise as a Predictor of Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure

  • Jonathan Myers, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
    • Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jonathan Myers, PhD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Cardiology Division – 111C, 3801 Miranda Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304. Tel: (650) 493-5000, ext. 6-4661; Fax: (650) 852-3473.
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  • Ross Arena, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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  • Ricardo B. Oliveira, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
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  • Daniel Bensimhon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Lebauer Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Greensboro, NC
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  • Leon Hsu, BS

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
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  • Paul Chase, MEd

      Affiliations

    • Lebauer Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Greensboro, NC
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  • Marco Guazzi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Milano, Sao Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy
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  • Peter Brubaker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem NC
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  • Brian Moore, MS

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem NC
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  • Dalane Kitzman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem NC
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  • Mary Ann Peberdy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Received 4 September 2008 ,Revised 15 May 2009 ,Accepted 21 May 2009.

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PII: S1071-9164(09)00188-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.05.012

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 756-762 , November 2009

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