Physical activity post myocardial revascularization. "Will surgery improve my mobility?"

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-206

  Markou, A L P ^a   Lasten, P J P ^a   Noyez, L ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Follow up; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34250700584     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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