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1987 • 2,278 citations

The 6-minute walk: a new measure of exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure.

1985 • 2,042 citations

Value of peak exercise oxygen consumption for optimal timing of cardiac transplantation in ambulatory patients with heart failure.

1991 • 1,807 citations

Two-, six-, and 12-minute walking tests in respiratory disease.

1982 • 1,610 citations

Oxygen utilization and ventilation during exercise in patients with chronic cardiac failure.

1982 • 918 citations

Effect of encouragement on walking test performance.

1984 • 818 citations

Alterations of skeletal muscle in chronic heart failure.

1992 • 787 citations

The Six-Minute Walk Test Predicts Peak Oxygen Uptake and Survival in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

1996 • 743 citations

Exercise training in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. Hemodynamic and metabolic effects.

1988 • 701 citations

Prediction of mortality and morbidity with a 6-minute walk test in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. SOLVD Investigators

1993 • 685 citations

Prediction of Mortality and Morbidity With a 6-Minute Walk Test in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction

1993 • 634 citations

Six minute walking test for assessing exercise capacity in chronic heart failure.

1986 • 564 citations

Prognostic importance of serum sodium concentration and its modification by converting-enzyme inhibition in patients with severe chronic heart failure.

1986 • 555 citations

Ejection fraction, peak exercise oxygen consumption, cardiothoracic ratio, ventricular arrhythmias, and plasma norepinephrine as determinants of prognosis in heart failure. The V-HeFT VA Cooperative Studies Group.

1993 • 542 citations

Correlates and prognostic implication of exercise capacity in chronic congestive heart failure

1985 • 505 citations

Clinical determinants of mortality in chronic congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated or to ischemic cardiomyopathy

1987 • 465 citations

Prognostic importance of serum sodium concentration and its modification by converting-enzyme inhibition in patients with severe chronic heart failure.

1986 • 372 citations

Functional capacity of patients with chronic left ventricular failure

1979 • 273 citations

Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation

1995 • 250 citations

Exercise capacity for survivors of cardiac transplantation or sustained medical therapy for stable heart failure.

1990 • 213 citations

Improvement in exercise capacity of candidates awaiting heart transplantation

1995 • 180 citations

Factors contributing to the exercise limitation of heart failure

1993 • 134 citations

Respiratory gas exchange in the assessment of patients with impaired ventricular function.

1985 • 131 citations

Lactate production during maximal and submaximal exercise in patients with chronic heart failure

1985 • 116 citations

Oxygen consumption during corridor walk testing in chronic cardiac failure

1992 • 116 citations

Reproducibility of cardiopulmonary parameters during exercise in patients with chronic cardiac failure. The need for a preliminary test

1990 • 104 citations

The ventilatory threshold: quantitative analysis of reproducibility and relation to arterial lactate concentration in normal subjects and in patients with chronic congestive heart failure

1988 • 104 citations

Comparison of Treadmill and Bicycle Exercise in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

1994 • 89 citations

Exercise gas exchange in heart disease

1995 • 76 citations

Severity and pathophysiology of heart failure on the basis of anaerobic threshold(AT) and related parameters.

1989 • 71 citations

Long-term Reproducibility of Respiratory Gas Exchange Measurements during Exercise in Patients with Stable Cardiac Failure

1990 • 71 citations

Target Heart Failure Populations for Newer Therapies

1995 • 70 citations

Effect of maintenance digoxin therapy on aerobic performance and exercise left ventricular function in mild to moderate heart failure due to coronary artery disease: A randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial

1991 • 56 citations

Exercise Instruments, Schemes, and Protocols for Evaluating the Dyspneic Patient^1–3

1984 • 42 citations

Comparison of four exercise protocols using anaerobic threshold measurement of functional capacity in congestive heart failure

1990 • 34 citations

Hydralazine and isosorbide dinitrate combination improves exercise tolerance in heart failure: Results from V-HeFT I and V-HeFT II

1993 • 34 citations

Short-stepping gait in severe heart failure

1992 • 32 citations

Comparison of left ventricular responses to the six-minute walk test, stair climbing, and maximal upright bicycle exercise in patients with congestive heart failure due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

1997 • 29 citations

Familial spontaneous complete heart block in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

1986 • 27 citations

Excessive oxygen deficit during low-level exercise in heart failure

1995 • 26 citations