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Energy expenditure and symptom severity in men with heart failure
T O Obisesan1, M J Toth, K Donaldson
1Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Cardiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
Our results demonstrate a graded increase in resting metabolic rate based on symptom severity as reflected in the New York Heart Association classification. This finding supports the hypothesis that clinical severity of illness corresponds to the magnitude of the increase in resting energy demands.