Peripheral vascular insufficiency impairs functional capacity in patients with heart failure

INTRODUCTION: Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome in which effort limitation is associated with deterioration of peripheral musculature. Improving survival rates among these patients have led to the appearance of cases in which other pathologies are associated with HF, such as peripheral vascu...

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Main Authors: Renato Murayama, Laura Dutra Carraro, Thalissa Galvanin, Nilo Mitsuru Izukawa, Iracema Umeda, Mayron Faria Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2014-04-01
Series:Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-54492014000200101&lng=en&tlng=en