title: The anaerobic index: uses and limitations in the assessment of heart failure.
abstract: Limitation of exercise tolerance is a hallmark of heart failure. Anaerobic threshold is a quantitative, reproducible, nonmotivational, submaximal index of exercise tolerance. The pathophysiological significance and methods of determination of anaerobic threshold are matters of debate. The principal aspects of such problems are discussed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Clinica del Lavoro Foundation, Veruno, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tavazzi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gattone
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Corrà
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Vito
mesh_terms: D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen