Characterizing differences in mortality at the low end of the fitness spectrum in individuals with cardiovascular disease

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-295

  Mandic, Sandra ^a,b,c   Myers, Jonathan ^a,b   Oliveira, Ricardo B ^a,b   Abella, Joshua ^a   Froelicher, Victor F ^a,b  

^a Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; fitness; mortality; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954014923     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32833163e2     Document Type: Article

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