Exercise and heart failure: A statement from the American Heart Association Committee on Exercise, Rehabilitation, and Prevention

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1210-1225

  Piña, Ileana L ^a   Apstein, Carl S ^a   Balady, Gary J ^a   Belardinelli, Romualdo ^a   Chaitman, Bernard R ^a   Duscha, Brian D ^a   Fletcher, Barbara J ^a   Fleg, Jerome L ^a   Myers, Jonathan N ^a   Sullivan, Martin J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; Cardiac rehabilitation; Exercise; Heart failure; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; BREATHING PATTERN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY RISK; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PROTECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0037418168     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000055013.92097.40     Document Type: Review

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