Cardiopulmonary fitness is associated with cognitive performance in patients with coronary artery disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1519-1525

  Swardfager, Walter ^a,b   Herrmann, Nathan ^a,b   Marzolini, Susan ^c   Saleem, Mahwesh ^a,b   Kiss, Alexander ^a   Shammi, Prathiba ^a   Oh, Paul I ^a,c   Lanctôt, Krista L ^a,b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognition; coronary artery disease; executive function; fitness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SELECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955237434     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02966.x     Document Type: Article

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