Cardiac rehabilitation in heart failure: A brief review and recommendations

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-229

  Piña, Ileana L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart failure; VO2

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; BED REST; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREADMILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956383383     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-010-0100-2     Document Type: Review

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