Long-term follow-up of very old heart failure patients enrolled in a trial of exercise training

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-248

  Witham, Miles D ^a   Argo, Ishbel S ^a   Johnston, Derek W ^b   Struthers, Allan D ^a   McMurdo, Marion E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35248826971     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: 1751715X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2007.06488.x     Document Type: Article

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