Pathophysiologic correlates of exercise intolerance in adults with pulmonary hypertension and congenital heart disease

Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients have markedly depressed exercise capacity. This thesis examined (i) the prevalence of chronotropic incompetence, its relationship to symptoms and exercise capacity and its prognostic value in ACHD patients; (ii) investigated exercise capacity in patient...

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Main Author: Diller, Gerhard-Paul
Published: Imperial College London 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.505455