A systematic review of yoga for heart disease

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 284-295

  Cramer, Holger ^a   Lauche, Romy ^a   Haller, Heidemarie ^a   Dobos, Gustav ^a   Michalsen, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Immanuel Hospital Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac dysrhythmia; cardiology; complementary therapies; coronary heart disease; heart failure; review; yoga

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EVALUATION STUDY; EXERCISE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASES; META ANALYSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 84922603073     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487314523132     Document Type: Review

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