Resting Oxygen Consumption and Heart Failure: Importance of Measurement for Determination of Cardiac Output With the Use of the Fick Principle.

Background: Resting oxygen consumption (VO2) is often estimated and frequently used to guide therapeutic decisions in symptomatic heart failure (HF) patients. The relationship between resting VO2 and symptomatic HF and the accuracy of estimations of VO2 in this population are unknown.Methods and Res...

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Published in:Journal of Cardiac Failure Vol. 26; no. 8; pp. 664 - 673
Main Authors: Grafton, Gillian, Cascino, Thomas M., Perry, Daniel, Ashur, Carmel, Koelling, Todd M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: W B Saunders Aug2020
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