The myth of QT shortening by weight loss and physical training in obese subjects with coronary heart disease

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 200-203

  Gondoni, Luca A ^a   Titon, Anna M ^a   Montano, Mariella ^a   Caetani, Giulia ^a   Nibbio, Ferruccio ^a   Schwartz, Peter J ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KINESIOTHERAPY; LITERATURE; LOW CALORY DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RR INTERVAL; SHORT QT INTERVAL; STANDARD; TRAINING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET, REDUCING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYTHOLOGY; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 78650680228     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.132     Document Type: Article

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