Exercise and heart failure: Assessment and treatment

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 699-703

  Clark, Andrew L ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33646236799     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.073643     Document Type: Article

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