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We evaluated the usefulness of oxygen uptake efficiency slope (OUES) using a 6 min walk test (6MWT) with portable gas analysis compared with CPET-derived parameters in patients with CHF.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients with CHF who underwent both the 6MWT with portable gas analysis and CPET between December 2016 and May 2020 were retrospectively investigated. The 6MWT-derived and echocardiographic parameters were compared with the OUES and peak oxygen consumption (VO2) from the CPET. Forty patients were analysed; 50% were male with a mean age of 55.45 \u00b1 14.70 years. Twenty-six patients (65%) had New York Heart Association Functional Classification II or III dyspnoea. Twenty-five patients (62.5%) had heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (EF) (left ventricular EF &amp;gt; 50%), and nine patients (22.5%) had HF with reduced EF (EF &amp;lt; 40%). During the 6MWT, the peak VO2 was 14.97 \u00b1 3.80 mL\/kg\/min, which was only 74% of the peak VO2 in the CPET, 20.18 \u00b1 5.64 mL\/kg\/min. The OUES in the 6MWT was lower than that in the CPET (1528.87 \u00b1 579.01 in the 6MWT vs. 1638.69 \u00b1 601.31 in the CPET). The 6 min walk distance (6MWD) and OUES in the 6MWT were positively correlated with the OUES in the CPET (6MWD, r = 0.434, P = 0.005; OUES, r = 0.729, P &amp;lt; 0.001). The OUES in the 6MWT showed the strongest correlation with the OUES in the CPET. When we divided patients into two groups according to peak VO2 in the CPET, the correlation between OUES values of the 6MWT and that of the CPET was consistently confirmed (peak VO2 \u2265 20 mL\/kg\/min group, r = 0.661, P = 0.001; peak VO2 &amp;lt; 20 mL\/kg\/min group, r = 0.526, P = 0.021). In addition, the 6MWD, OUES, and peak VO2 in the 6MWT were associated with peak VO2 in the CPET (6MWD, r = 0.627, P &amp;lt; 0.001; OUES, r = 0.452, P = 0.003; and peak VO2, r = 0.492, P = 0.001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In frail patients with CHF who have difficulty performing maximal exercises, the OUES through the 6MWT may be applied instead of the OUES and peak VO2 from the CPET.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ehf2.14754","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,26]],"date-time":"2024-03-26T06:06:31Z","timestamp":1711433191000},"page":"2055-2062","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Usefulness of Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope in a 6 Min Walk Test in Chronic Heart 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