Can sedentary patients with heart failure achieve the beneficial effect of exercise training without moving?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-106

  Larsen, Alf Inge ^a,b   Dickstein, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS;

EID: 1642512275     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2003.11.010     Document Type: Editorial

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