New aspects for the role of physical training in the management of patients with chronic heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-14

  Adamopoulos, Stamatis ^a,b   Parissis, John T ^a   Kremastinos, Dimitrios Th ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Cytokines; Endothelial dysfunction; Inflammation; Physical training; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; ENDOTHELIN 1; FAS LIGAND; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; APOPTOSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRAINING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0038043167     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00504-1     Document Type: Review

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