Clinical Study
Oxygen Kinetics and Heart Rate Response during Early Recovery from Exercise in Patients with Heart Failure
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of 136 patients who achieved peak exercise level.
| Age (yr) | | | | 51 ± 13 | Range | | | | 24–70 | Men/women | | | | 89/61 | Etiology of heart failure | | | | | CAD | | | | 92 (67%) | Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy | | | | 53 (39%) | Valvular disease | | | | 5 (4%) | Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) | | | | 30 ± 12 | NYHA functional class (FC) | | | | | II | | | | 48 (35%) | III | | | | 57 (42%) | IV | | | | 31 (23%) |
| Medication (%) | | | | | | ACE inhibitors | Beta-blockers | Diuretics | | FC II | 75 | 30 | 89 | | FC III | 88 | 28 | 97 | | FC IV | 86 | 17 | 98 | |
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Data are expressed as mean value ± SD or number of patients, unless otherwise indicated.
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