In the era of beta-blockers better is the VE/VCO2 slope for heart transplant selection in patients with systolic heart failure.
Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Servicio de Cardiología, Tenerife, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Biomédicas, Tenerife, Spain. Electronic address: adrvdg@hotmail.com.
Alberto
A
Dominguez-Rodriguez
Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Biomédicas, Tenerife, Spain; Universidad de La Laguna, Departamento de Fisiología, Tenerife, Spain.
Pedro
P
Abreu-Gonzalez
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology*; D018579:Patient Selection; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Beta-blockers; Exercise; Heart failure; Oxygen consumption; VE/VCO(2) slope; Ventilatory efficiency