Heart rate dynamics in heart transplantation patients during a treadmill cardiopulmonary exercise test: A pilot study

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 254-258

  Carvalho, Vitor Oliveira ^a   Pascoalino, Lucas Nóbilo ^a   Bocchi, Edimar Alcides ^a   Ferreira, Silvia Ayub ^a   Guimarães, Guilherme Veiga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart failure; Heart rate; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; CYCLOSPORIN; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; LOSARTAN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; TACROLIMUS; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PROPANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; PILOT STUDY; REST; TREADMILL EXERCISE; BREATHING; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARBAZOLES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROPANOLAMINES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESPIRATION; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67650499247     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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