Six-Minute Walk Test: How to do Guide for Performing a Reliable Test, Interpretation, and Prognostication in Pulmonary Hypertension

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Meriç M., ÇAĞLIYAN Ç. E., Avcı B. K., Akıllı R. E., SİNAN Ü. Y., Çetinkaya P. D., ...Daha Fazla

Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi, cilt.51, sa.7, ss.516-520, 2023 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 51 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5543/tkda.2023.52279
  • Dergi Adı: Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.516-520
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cardiac rehabilitation, exercise, exercise testing, pulmonary arterial hypertension, six-minute walking test
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Six-minute walk test (6MWT) is the most widely used exercise capacity measurement worldwide in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Although cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is the gold standard for the assessment of exercise capacity in cardiovascular diseases; the limited accessibility of the device, the need for experience in interpreting the results, and the difficulties in performing CPET in advanced PH have aroused the interest in the application of easier methods for the measurement of exercise capacity. Since then, accumulated data proved that; 6-minutes walking distance (6MWD) can be used to determine exercise capacity and is highly correlated with maximum oxygen consumption (peak VO2) detected by CPET in patients with heart failure and/or PH. Moreover, 6MWT is very easy and practical to apply in all PH subgroups. This review is focused on the application of a reliable 6MWT and the interpretation of the results in patients with PH.