Exercise training and cardiometabolic diseases: Focus on the vascular system

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 204-214

  Roque, Fernanda R ^a   Hernanz, Raquel ^b   Salaices, Mercedes ^a   Briones, Ana M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ IDIPAZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adipokines; Diabetes; Endothelial dysfunction; Exercise training; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome; Nitric oxide; Obesity; Oxidative stress; Prostanoids; Stiffness; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXERCISE; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY;

EID: 84877818728     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-013-0336-5     Document Type: Article

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