Agreement of the modified Medical Research Council and New York Heart Association scales for assessing the impact of self-rated breathlessness in cardiopulmonary disease

Zainab Ahmadi, Helena Igelström, Jacob Sandberg, Josefin Sundh, Magnus Sköld, Christer Janson, Anders Blomberg, Hans Bornefalk, Anna Bornefalk-Hermansson, Magnus Ekström

Source: ERJ Open Res, 8 (1) 00460-2021; 10.1183/23120541.00460-2021
Journal Issue: January

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