Preferred Label : New York Heart Association Class II;
NCIt related terms : NYHA CLASS II;
NCIt definition : A finding associated with a patient with defined or presumed cardiac disease with
slight limitation of physical activity. They are comfortable at rest. Ordinary physical
activity results in fatigue, palpitation, or dyspnea. (from The Criteria Committee
of the New York Heart Association. Nomenclature and Criteria for Diagnosis of Diseases
of the Heart and Great Vessels. 9th ed. Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Co; 1994:253-256.);
Alternative definition : CDISC: Slight limitation of physical activity. The patient is comfortable at rest.
Ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitations, or dyspnea.;