The impact of moderate aerobic physical training on left ventricular mass, exercise capacity and blood pressure response during treadmill testing in borderline and mildly hypertensive males

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-14

  Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Chrysohoou, Christina ^a   Koutroumbi, Matina ^a   Aggeli, Constadina ^a   Kourlaba, Georgia ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^a   Michaelides, Andreas ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Hypertrophy; Treadmill exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 79851481123     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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