Patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and less than 20% ejection fraction increase exercise capacity and have less severe arrhythmia after controlled exercise training

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 196-198

  Mager, Georg ^a   Reinhardt, Claus ^b,e   Kleine, Markus ^c   Rost, Richard ^c   Höpp, Hans W ^d  

^a Inst für Gesundheitsforschung   (Germany)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Inst F Kreislaufforschung S   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXERCISE; HEART DILATATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART WORK; HUMAN; TRAINING;

EID: 0034078340     PISSN: 08839212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008483-200005000-00008     Document Type: Article

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