Dataset related to the article HOW HEART FAILURE PATIENTS PERFORM DAILY LIFE ACTIVITIES: AN INNATE ENERGY-SAVING STRATEGY

This record contains raw data related to the article HOW HEART FAILURE PATIENTS PERFORM DAILY LIFE ACTIVITIES: AN INNATE ENERGY-SAVING STRATEGY Background Cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) and six-minute walking test (6MWT) are frequently used tools to evaluate physical performance in heart failure (HF), but they do neither represent activities of daily living (ADLs) nor fully reproduce patients’ symptoms. We assessed differences in task oxygen uptake (taskVO2), both as absolute value and as percentage of peakVO2 (%peakVO2), ventilation efficiency (VE/VCO2 ratio), and dyspnea intensity (Borg scale) in HF and healthy subjects during standard ADLs and other common physical actions. Methods Healthy and HF subjects (ejection fraction (EF)