ReviewCJC open2023
Systematic Review of the Use of the 6-Minute Walk Test in Measuring and Improving Prognosis in Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and safety of Salvia miltiorrhiza and ligustrazine injection for heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of an eHealth Cardiac Exercise Rehabilitation Platform for Patients After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Based on the Persuasive Systems Design Model: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Clarifying Exercise Intolerance inNursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
- The Selection of Exercise Testing Protocols in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Centres: A Pan-Canadian Survey.CJC open · 2026Article
- Prognostic Value of Exercise Testing in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Metabolic Adaptation during Cardiac Exercise Rehabilitation in Patients after a First Myocardial Infarction.Journal of proteome research · 2026Article
- ECG-Guided Antiarrhythmic Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Multidimensional Assessment of Biomarkers, Cardiac Function, and Quality of Life.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2026Article
- Machine Learning Application to Predict Bicycle Ergometer Test Results: a Prospective Cohort Study.Sovremennye tekhnologii v meditsine · 2026Article
- Prognostic value of the six-minute walk test in patients with cardiovascular disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Validation of the Use of a Smart Band in Recording Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in the 6-Minute Walk Test.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Correlation of Sit-to-Stand Test and 6-Minute Walk Test to Illustrate Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Systolic Heart Failure Patients.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Exploring the exercise intensity equivalent to the anaerobic threshold in patients with acute myocardial infarction based on the 6-minute walk test distance.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical and Electrocardiographic Predictors of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Response That Correlate with the 6 min Walking Test.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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- Misdiagnosis of Chronic Heart Failure in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Primary Care: A Report of Two Cases and Literature Review.Vascular health and risk management · 2024Review
- Validity and reliability of automated treadmill six-minute walk test in patients entering exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Introduction: The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) has been used for over 30 years to assess exercise capacity in patients with respiratory disease, and more recently, in those with heart failure. However, despite being a simple and reproducible test of real-world exercise capacity, its use in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) is less well accepted. We sought to review systematically the evidence surrounding the 6MWT in IHD. Methods: We searched the Medline, PubMed, Embase, and Scopus databases for the following key terms: "six minute walk test/6 minute walk test/6MWT" and "angina/coronary artery disease/coronary disease/IHD/ischemic heart disease." We followed Results: A total of 1228 unique papers were found, of which 71 were chosen for full-text review and 37 for detailed analysis. Most (23) concerned the effect on 6MWT distance (6MWTd) of cardiac rehabilitation, with measurements commenced after an intervention (acute myocardial infarction, n = 4; open heart surgery (OHS), n = 5; percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), n = 3; or other, n = 11). The effect on 6MWTd of OHS was investigated in 6 studies and of PCI in one study. The 6MWT is a useful measurement of physical capacity; data are limited on its ability to assess benefit following PCI. Conclusions: The 6MWT has been studied inconsistently in IHD. The majority of data are on patients before and after CR. Data are limited concerning the effect on 6MWTd of OHS or PCI. The available data support the 6MWT as a measure of change in performance status following coronary intervention. More work is required to confirm this hypothesis.
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