Gender and age normalization and ventilation efficiency during exercise in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

ConclusionsThe percentage of predicted VE/VCO2 slope value strengthens the prognostic power of VE/VCO2 in severe HF patients, and it should be preferred over the absolute value for HF prognostication. Furthermore, the widespread use of VE/VCO2 slope expressed as percentage of predicted value can improve our ability to identify HF patients at high risk, which is a goal of utmost clinical relevance.

Source: ESC Heart Failure - December 31, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Elisabetta Salvioni, Ugo Corr à, Massimo Piepoli, Sara Rovai, Michele Correale, Stefania Paolillo, Mario Pasquali, Damiano Magrì, Giuseppe Vitale, Laura Fusini, Massimo Mapelli, Carlo Vignati, Rocco Lagioia, Rosa Raimondo, Gianfranco Sinag Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research