The 6-minute walk test in pulmonary arterial hypertension: how far is enough?

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Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Reversed Potts Shunt Outcome in Suprasystemic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current cardiology reviews · 2022
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2. Evaluation of Macitentan in Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome.Circulation · 2019
   Trial
3. Sildenafil dosed concomitantly with bosentan for adult pulmonary arterial hypertension in a randomized controlled trial.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2017
   Trial
4. Continuous heart monitoring to evaluate treatment effects in pulmonary hypertension.Open heart · 2024
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5. Exertional hypoxia in patients without resting hypoxia is an early predictor of moderate to severe COVID-19.Internal and emergency medicine · 2021
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6. Cardiovascular complications in patients with interstitial lung disease and their correlation with 6-minute walk test and spirometry: A single-center study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021
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7. Maximal Exercise Testing Using the Incremental Shuttle Walking Test Can Be Used to Risk-Stratify Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2021
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8. Haemodynamically Derived Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index Predicts Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.Heart, lung & circulation · 2019
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9. Association between respiratory muscle strength and reduction of arterial blood pressure levels after aerobic training in hypertensive subjects.Journal of physical therapy science · 2016
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10. Six-minute walk test in pulmonary arterial hypertension.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2015
    Review
11. Pulmonary arterial hypertension: the clinical syndrome.Circulation research · 2014
    Review
12. The need to move from 6-minute walk distance to outcome trials in pulmonary arterial hypertension.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2013
    Review
13. A paradigm shift in pulmonary arterial hypertension management.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2013
    Article
14. Pharmacologic treatments for pulmonary hypertension: exploring pharmacogenomics.Future cardiology · 2013
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15. Efficacy and safety of pulmonary vasodilators in the patients with Eisenmenger syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Pulmonary circulation
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Corrections and comments

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  The minimal important difference in the 6-minute walk test for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.2012

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