Exercise training in congenital heart disease: Should we follow the heart failure paradigm?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-111

  Giannakoulas, Georgios ^a   Dimopoulos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Congenital heart disease; Exercise training; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AEROBIC CAPACITY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 73649134028     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.06.024     Document Type: Editorial

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