Determinants of exercise tolerance after acute myocardial infarction in older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-153

  Marchionni, Niccolò ^a   Fattirolli, Francesco ^a   Fumagalli, Stefano ^a   Oldridge, Neil B ^b   Del Lungo, Francesco ^a   Bonechi, Francesco ^c   Russo, Laura ^c   Cartei, Alessandro ^a   Mottino, Giuseppe ^a   Burgisser, Costanza ^a   Masotti, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ageing; Exercise tolerance; Myocardial infarction; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0033975726     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03905.x     Document Type: Article

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