Doctor Scok from Germany Black Magdeburg University published an article on European Heart Journal which pointed out that a simple walk in predicting cardiac patients' cardiac function is  superior than the other clinical detection methods; the distance of walking for 6 minutes for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy is closely related to the concentration of oxygen peak in cardiopulmonary exercise testing record. As for patients who have been diagnosed as dilated cardiomyopathy, 6 minute's walking test is cheaper than the complex oxygen peak concentration detection.

Doctor Scok carried out a survey in 113 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and with poor left ventricular function, and found that the result of 6-minute walking test is closely related to the result of the oxygen peak concentration test. The walking distance is closely related to patients'  disease conditions and it can help predict whether the patient later will die of cardiac failure or suffer from risks of death. Prediction with walking distance is similar to testing of the complex oxygen peak concentration, and more accurate than other forecasts of cardiac function. (Other heart function predictions include left ventricular output fraction, cardiac index and plasma norepinephrine concentration tests etc.).

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