One year of high-intensity interval training improves exercise capacity, but not left ventricular function in stable heart transplant recipients: A randomised controlled trial

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-191

  Rustad, Lene A ^a,b   Nytrøen, Kari ^a   Amundsen, Brage H ^b,c   Gullestad, Lars ^a,d   Aakhus, Svend ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

cardiac rehabilitation; echocardiography; exercise; Heart transplantation; tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART GRAFT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIAC REHABILITATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DOPPLER;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893490208     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312469477     Document Type: Article

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