%0 Journal Article
%T Original research article: Determinants of walking fitness in patients with heart failure attending cardiac rehabilitation
%A Alexander Stephen Harrison
%A Patrick Doherty
%A Rashed Hossain
%J Archive of "Open Heart".
%D 2019
%R 10.1136/openhrt-2018-000866
%X Patients with heart failure (HF) attending cardiac rehabilitation (CR) benefit in terms of improved quality of life, physical fitness and reduced hospital admissions. Too few patients with HF attend CR and little data exist on the characteristics of those who do especially in respect of physical fitness. This study evaluates the extent by which clinical and demographic factors determine walking fitness in patients with a primary diagnosis of HF
%K physical fitness
%K heart failure
%K cardiac rehabilitation
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443134/