Exercise and the cardiovascular system: Clinical science and cardiovascular outcomes

Circulation Research

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-219

  Lavie, Carl J ^a   Arena, Ross ^b   Swift, Damon L ^c   Johannsen, Neil M ^d,e   Sui, Xuemei ^f   Lee, Duck Chul ^g   Earnest, Conrad P ^h   Church, Timothy S ^d   O'Keefe, James H ⁱ   Milani, Richard V ^a   Blair, Steven N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; cardiovascular diseases; exercise; heart failure; metabolic equivalent

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADAPTATION; AEROBIC EXERCISE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCULAR FITNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; VASCULARIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART STROKE VOLUME; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STANDARDS;

AGING; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PRESCRIPTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE VOLUME; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84937710627     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.305205     Document Type: Review

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