Resting pulmonary function and artery pressure and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in chronic heart failure patients in Taiwan − a prospective observational cross-sectional study comparing healthy subjects and interstitial lung disease patients

Restrictive ventilatory defects and elevated pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) are common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and those with interstitial lung disease (ILD). However, as oxyhemoglobin desaturation seldom occurs in stable CHF patients at peak exercise, we hypothesized that the...

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