Cardiovascular responses during thermoneutral, head-out water immersion in patients with coronary artery disease

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-80

  Schega, Lutz ^a,d   Claus, Gunter ^b   Almeling, Michael ^c   Niklas, Andre ^c   Daly, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Medical Hospital of Melsungen   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Immersion; Water therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INDEX; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RATE; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MANOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WATER IMMERSION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEAD; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; IMMERSION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; WATER;

EID: 34247606490     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HCR.0000265033.11930.99     Document Type: Article

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