Risk stratification for exercise training in cardiac patients: Do the proposed guidelines work?

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 118-125

  Paul Labrador, Maura ^b   Vongvanich, Piyanuj ^b   Noel Bairey Merz, C ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exercise training; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032940028     PISSN: 08839212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008483-199903000-00006     Document Type: Article

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