Predictors of Six-Minute Walk Distance In Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia In the Walk-PHaSST Study
Barst R, Kato G, Sachdev V, Nouraie M, Machado R, Hassell K, Gibbs S, Little J, Schraufnagel D, Krishnamurti L, Girgis R, Morris C, Badesch D, Lanzkron S, Castro O, Rosenzweig E, Goldsmith J, Gladwin M, Gordeuk V. Predictors of Six-Minute Walk Distance In Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia In the Walk-PHaSST Study. Blood 2010, 116: 947. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v116.21.947.947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher tricuspid regurgitation velocityTricuspid regurgitation velocitySickle cell diseaseSickle cell anemiaRight ventricular systolic pressureVentricular filling pressureVentricular systolic pressureCell anemiaCell diseaseEa ratioExercise capacitySystolic pressureFilling pressureFunctional capacityHemolytic componentElevated tricuspid regurgitant jet velocityTricuspid regurgitant jet velocitySix-minute walk distanceSix-minute walk testSickle cell disease patientsDecreased exercise capacityHemoglobin oxygen desaturationBaseline clinical characteristicsImpaired exercise capacitySickle cell anemia patients