Experience from controlled trials of physical training in chronic heart failure. Protocol and patient factors in effectiveness in the improvement in exercise tolerance

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 466-475

  Piepoli, Massimo ^a,e   Maugeri, Fondazione S ^b   Campana, M ^a   Ferrari, R ^a   Giordano, A ^a   Scalvini, S ^a   Volterrani, M ^a   Bernardi, L ^c   Calciati, A ^c   Finardi, G ^c   Perlini, S ^c   Radaelli, A ^c,e   Solda P L ^c   Adamopoulos, S ^d,e   Chua, T P ^a   Poole Wilson, P A ^a   Webb Peploe, K ^a   Barlow, C ^e   Coats, A J S ^e   Conway, J ^e   Davey, P P ^e   Meyer, T E ^e   Paterson, D J ^e   Robbins, P ^e   Sleight, P ^e   Kara T ^f   Souce, M ^f   Spinarova L ^f   Stejfa, M ^f   Toman, J ^f   Zatloukal, B ^f   Ponikowski, P ^a   Szelemery, R ^a   Wrabec, K ^a   more..

^a Cardiology Dept ^*

^b Cardiology Department   (Italy)

^c ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autonomic control; Exercise; Haemodynamics; Heart failure; Rehabilitation; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032030650     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1997.0736     Document Type: Article

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