Randomized trial of a hospital-based exercise training program after acute myocardial infarction: Cardiac autonomic effects

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1263-1268

  Leitch, James W ^a   Newling, Ross P ^a   Basta, Magdy ^a   Inder, Kerry ^a   Dear, Keith ^b   Fletcher, Peter J ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AMBULATORY CARE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WALKING;

EID: 0030952107     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00050-8     Document Type: Article

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