New York Heart Association Class II

**Semantic type:** Finding

**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.)

**Synonyms:** - NYHA CLASS II - NYHA Class II