Exercise intolerance in comorbid COPD and heart failure: the role of impaired aerobic function

Alcides Rocha, Flavio F. Arbex, Priscila A. Sperandio, Frederico Mancuso, Mathieu Marillier, Anne-Catherine Bernard, Maria Clara N. Alencar, Denis E. O'Donnell, J. Alberto Neder

Source: Eur Respir J, 53 (4) 1802386; 10.1183/13993003.02386-2018
Journal Issue: April
Disease area: Airway diseases

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