The prognostic value of the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test in Chagas cardiomyopathy.
Matheus Ribeiro ÁvilaPedro Henrique Scheidt FigueiredoVanessa Pereira LimaLuciano Fonseca Lemos de OliveiraLucas Frois Fernandes de OliveiraWhesley Tanor SilvaRenato Guilherme Trede FilhoAlessandra de Carvalho BastoneAna Cristina Rodrigues LacerdaVanessa Amaral MendonçaMauro Felippe Felix MedianoHenrique Silveira CostaPublished in: Disability and rehabilitation (2021)
The ISWT is a valuable tool with potential value in the prognostic evaluation of patients with ChC.Implications for rehabilitationPatients with Chagas cardiomyopathy showed functional impairment since the early stages of heart disease.The Incremental Shuttle Walk Test (ISWT) can be a valuable and inexpensive tool in the risk stratification of the patients.The ISWT distance is an independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular event.The ISWT distance of 440m is the optimal cut-off point in the identification of patients at risk for adverse cardiovascular events.