title: Clinical Classification of Heart Failure Patients Using Cardiac Function during Exercise.
abstract: An effective approach for determining the clinical classification of heart failure (HF) patients is to estimate cardiac hemodynamics during exercise. This approach is strengthened further when measurements including cardiac power are used to describe cardiac hemodynamics. We hypothesize that cardiac power quantifies the hemodynamic and pressure-generating capability of the heart, relating with exercise tolerance better than traditional measurements in HF.
authors.affiliation: 1School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; 2Cardiovascular Medicine Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; and 3Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: Erik H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Van Iterson
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Olson
mesh_terms: D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology; D005080:Exercise Test; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000145:classification* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D010101:Oxygen Consumption