Use of 6-minute walk test in pulmonary hypertension management

The 6-minute walk test (T6) is used to assess cardiopulmonary diseases due to its prognosis capacity, easy performance and reproducibility. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined and classified as a hemodynamic consequence leading to increased pulmonary arterial pressure and may result in right vent...

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Published inArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia Vol. 95; no. 1; pp. e10 - e13
Main Authors Fumagalli, Elize, Ribeiro, Maria Angela de Oliveira, Ferreira, Mariana Simões, Santos, Camila Isabel da Silva
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Brazil 01.07.2010
Subjects
Adolescent
Exercise Test - methods
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary - drug therapy
Hypertension, Pulmonary - rehabilitation
Male
Prognosis
Walking
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Summary:The 6-minute walk test (T6) is used to assess cardiopulmonary diseases due to its prognosis capacity, easy performance and reproducibility. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined and classified as a hemodynamic consequence leading to increased pulmonary arterial pressure and may result in right ventricular failure and consequent death. This case reports the prescription of T6 by the cardiology team at a university hospital as a means of physical control of a patient with HP, after the introduction and initiation of therapy.
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ISSN:1678-4170
DOI:10.1590/S0066-782X2010001100024