Highland mountain hiking and coronary artery disease: Exercise tolerance and effects on left ventricular function

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1554-1560

  Huonker, Martin ^a   Schmidt Trucksäß, Arno ^b   Sorichter, Stephan ^b   Irmer, Manfred ^b   Dürr, Helga ^b   Lehmann, Manfred ^b   Keul, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CORONARY HEART DISEASE; DIASTOLIC LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HIGHLAND MOUNTAIN HIKING; SECONDARY PREVENTION

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WORK; HUMAN; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING;

AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031464443     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199712000-00002     Document Type: Article

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