Unraveling new mechanisms of exercise intolerance in chronic heart failure. Role of exercise training

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-77

  Conraads, Viviane M ^a,b   Van Craenenbroeck, Emeline M ^a,b   De Maeyer, Catherine ^a,b   Van Berendoncks, An M ^a,b   Beckers, Paul J ^a,b   Vrints, Christiaan J ^a,b  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Chronic heart failure; Endothelial dysfunction; Endothelial progenitor cells; Exercise training; Muscle wasting

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TISSUE REPAIR;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84871968714     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-012-9324-0     Document Type: Review

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