Value of 6-minute Walk Test in Grown Ups With Congenital Heart Defects (GUCH)

The Diagnostic Value of Six-Minute Walk Test in Grown-Up Patients With Congenital Heart Disease (GUCH)

The six-minute walk test is an established submaximal exercise test. Its role in examination of grown-up patients with congenital heart disease (GUCH) is not studied so far. Objective of this study was a comparison of the 6MWT with other established parameters of functional capacity, in grown-up patients with GUCH.

Inclusion Criteria:

• congenital heart defect
• > 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• mental or physical incapability of exercise testing
• non-cardiac limitations of physical capacity, as e.g. orthopedic diseases or febrile infections
• severe psychiatric diseases