Exercise and acute cardiovascular events: Placing the risks into perspective a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism and the Council on Clinical Cardiology

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2358-2368

  Thompson, Paul D ^a   Franklin, Barry A ^a   Balady, Gary J ^a   Blair, Steven N ^a   Corrado, Domenico ^a   Estes III, N A Mark ^a   Fulton, Janet E ^a   Gordon, Neil F ^a   Haskell, William L ^a   Link, Mark S ^a   Maron, Barry J ^a   Mittleman, Murray A ^a   Pelliccia, Antonio ^a   Wenger, Nanette K ^a   Willich, Stefan N ^a   Costa, Fernando ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; Coronary disease; Death, sudden; Exercise; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHLETE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAINING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247621859     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.181485     Document Type: Review

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