Heart rate dynamics during a treadmill cardiopulmonary exercise test in optimized beta-blocked heart failure patients

BACKGROUND: Calculating the maximum heart rate for age is one method to characterize the maximum effort of an individual. Although this method is commonly used, little is known about heart rate dynamics in optimized beta-blocked heart failure patients. AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate hear...

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Main Authors: Vitor Oliveira Carvalho, Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, Emmanuel Gomes Ciolac, Edimar Alcides Bocchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2008-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322008000400011

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