Impact of gender on benefits of exercise training on sympathetic nerve activity and muscle blood flow in heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-65

  Antunes Correa, Ligia M ^a   Melo, Ruth C ^a   Nobre, Thais S ^a   Ueno, Linda M ^a   Franco, Fabio G M ^a   Braga, Ana M W ^a   Rondon, Maria U P B ^a   Brum, Patricia C ^a   Barretto, Antonio C P ^a   Middlekauff, Holly R ^b   Negrao, Carlos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise training; Forearm blood flow; Gender; Heart failure; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72649103013     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp168     Document Type: Article

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