A patient-powered treadmill--a simple alternative means of assessing heart failure and treatment in family practice.

Tweed, J A; Causer, M S; Gostick, N K; Jones, B P; Korlipara, K; Mayhew, S R; Saul, P A; Wright, F W

Tweed, J A; Causer, M S; Gostick, N K; Jones, B P; Korlipara, K; Mayhew, S R; Saul, P A; Wright, F W.

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Tweed JA; Stuart Pharmaceuticals, Wilmslow, Cheshire, U.K.

Eur Heart J ; 11 Suppl A: 65-6, 1990 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1971597

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

A patient-powered treadmill was compared with the covered corridor walking test as assessments of exercise capacity in heart failure patients, and used to investigate their sensitivity in discriminating between the effects of xamoterol and placebo. The two methods were comparable, and sufficiently sensitive to demonstrate improvements in exercise capacity on xamoterol. The treadmill was more sensitive and could be useful as an assessment of treatment of heart failure in family practice.

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Cardiac Output, Low/diagnosis; Exercise Test; Adrenergic beta-Agonists/pharmacology; Adrenergic beta-Agonists/therapeutic use; Cardiac Output, Low/drug therapy; Exercise Test/drug effects; Family Practice; Humans; Propanolamines/pharmacology; Propanolamines/therapeutic use; Xamoterol

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cardiac Output, Low / Exercise Test Type of study: Clinical_trials Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Eur Heart J Year: 1990 Document type: Article

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