Value of 6-minute Walk Test in Grown Ups With Congenital Heart Defects (GUCH)

N/ACompletedNCT02193243

Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf100 enrolled

Overview

The six-minute walk test is an established submaximal exercise test. Its role in examination of grown-up patients with congenital heart disease (GUCH) is not studied so far. Objective of this study was a comparison of the 6MWT with other established parameters of functional capacity, in grown-up patients with GUCH.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Congenital Heart Disease

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * congenital heart defect * \> 18 years Exclusion Criteria: * mental or physical incapability of exercise testing * non-cardiac limitations of physical capacity, as e.g. orthopedic diseases or febrile infections * severe psychiatric diseases

Locations (1)

Heinrich Heine University Div. of Cardiology, Pulmonary Disease and Vasculae Medicine

Düsseldorf, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Ranges of six-minute walk distance (6MWD)

Time frame: Baseline

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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