Effects of maximally tolerated oral therapy on the six-minute walking test in patients with chronic congestive heart failure secondary to either ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

The American Journal of Cardiology
A GualeniP Faggiano

Abstract

In patients with heart failure, therapy with "maximally tolerated" oral doses of diuretics, vasodilators, and digitalis results in a significant increase in the distance walked during the 6-minute walking test, compared with conventional therapy at "standard" doses, indicating an improvement in exercise tolerance. The 6-minute walk test is a simple, inexpensive, and well-tolerated test to measure changes in exercise tolerance induced by pharmacologic interventions, even on a short-term basis.

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