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Lead
Chung Shan Medical University
Age
Any age
Sex
Any
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Subjects aged from 40-85 years with the BMI of 18-28kg/m2 are to be enrolled: sample sizes of the norms, heart failure and COPD groups are 10, 20, and 20, respectively, equally distributed in two years. All of the participants had been in a stable clinical condition for at least 1 month before participating in the study. None of the participants had contraindications for cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPETs).
You may not be if
Participants with diabetes mellitus, uncontrolled hypertension, arrhythmia, cancer, liver, renal or autoimmune diseases, or anemia were excluded. However, participants with well controlled diabetes mellitus were included in the HFrEF/HFmrEF group as these conditions often co-exist. Physical activity was not encouraged or limited during the study period.
Clareo Health | Oxygen Pulse and Its Curve Patterns in Male Patients With Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With and in Healthy Men
