FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: diagnostic test with a 6-minute walk is performed to a patient. Additionally 5 mg of torasemide are given to the patient after the test. Then the test is repeated after one day and if the distance of the 6-minute walk increases by not less than 15 meters, chronic heart failure (CHF) is diagnosed.
EFFECT: method makes it possible to increase the accuracy of differential diagnostics of chronic heart failure in cardiovascular patients with dyspnoea due to the introduction of torasemide.
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Dates
2015-04-10—Published
2014-01-09—Filed