Comparison of changes in exercise tolerance and quality of life between congestive heart failure and coronary artery bypass graft patients following a hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation program

Journal of Exercise Physiology Online

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-23

  Brubaker, Craig ^a   Witta, E Lea ^b   Angelopoulos, Theodore J ^b  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular dysfunction; SF 36; Treadmill testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042846910     PISSN: 10979751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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