title: Role of maximal oxygen consumption in establishment of heart transplant candidacy for heart failure patients with intermediate exercise tolerance.
abstract: Maximal exercise oxygen consumption (VO2max) was measured in patients with chronic congestive heart failure undergoing evaluation for heart transplantation. Although VO2max correlated with survival for the group as a whole, it did not demonstrate survival discrimination for patients in the intermediate range (VO2max = 12 to 17 ml/kg/min) and should therefore not be used as a benchmark test for determination of appropriateness for cardiac transplantation in this group of patients.
authors.affiliation: Rush Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Winkel
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Piccione
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lichtenberg
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Costanzo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015444:Exercise; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012306:Risk