Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for adults after heart valve surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Sibilitz, Kirstine L ^a   Berg, Selina K ^a   Tang, Lars H ^a   Risom, Signe S ^a   Gluud, Christian ^a   Lindschou, Jane ^a   Kober, Lars ^a   Hassager, Christian ^a   Taylor, Rod S ^b   Zwisler, Ann Dorthe ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AORTA VALVE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; REHABILITATION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SURGERY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RETURN TO WORK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84962140585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010876.pub2     Document Type: Review

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