Is hydrotherapy an appropriate form of exercise for elderly patients with biventricular systolic heart failure?

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 408-410

  Sveälv, Bente Grüner ^a   Täng, Margareta Scharin ^a   Cider, Åsa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart failure; Hydrotherapy; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; METOPROLOL; PRAVASTATIN; RAMIPRIL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIVENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; SWIMMING; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; WELLBEING;

EID: 84874068407     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1263.2012.06121     Document Type: Article

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