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European Heart Journal 2001 22(6):445-448; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2451
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Editorials

The 6-minute walk test and prognosis in chronic heart failure — the available evidence

R. Sharmaa and S.D. Ankera,b

a Clinical Cardiology, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, U.K.
b Franz Volhard Klinik (Charité Campus Berlin-Buch) at Max Delbrück Centrum for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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