Prolonged heart rate recovery time after 6-minute walk test is an independent risk factor for cardiac events in heart failure: a prospective cohort study

To determine whether the time for peak exercise heart rate to return to resting heart rate after the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) can predict cardiac events in patients with heart failure (HF) within 2 years.

Source: Physiotherapy - March 22, 2021 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: G.N. Andrade, T. Rodrigues, J.Y. Takada, L.M. Braga, I.I.K. Umeda, J.A. Nascimento, H.G. Pereira-Filho, C.J. Grupi, V.M.C. Salemi, W. Jacob-Filho, L.P. Cahalin, A.P. Mansur, E.A. Bocchi, N.K. Nakagawa Source Type: research