title: Use of 6-minute walk test in pulmonary hypertension management.
abstract: The 6-minute walk test (T6) is used to assess cardiopulmonary diseases due to its prognosis capacity, easy performance and reproducibility. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined and classified as a hemodynamic consequence leading to increased pulmonary arterial pressure and may result in right ventricular failure and consequent death. This case reports the prescription of T6 by the cardiology team at a university hospital as a means of physical control of a patient with HP, after the introduction and initiation of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Elize
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fumagalli
authors.forename: Maria Angela de Oliveira
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Mariana Simões
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Camila Isabel da Silva
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D016138:Walking