Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in small abdominal aortic aneurysm: Profile, safety, and mortality estimates

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 459-466

  Myers, Jonathan ^a   Powell, Alyssa ^a   Smith, Kimberly ^a   Fonda, Holly ^a   Dalman, Ronald L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Exercise testing; Maximal oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79959251380     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: 17418275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826710389384     Document Type: Article

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