High-intensity aerobic interval exercise in chronic heart failure

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-138

  Meyer, Philippe ^a   Gayda, Mathieu ^b   Juneau, Martin ^b   Nigam, Anil ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Heart failure; Intermittent exercise; Interval training

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH INTENSITY AEROBIC INTERVAL EXERCISE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRESSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84883055292     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-013-0130-3     Document Type: Article

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