Heart Failure: Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: Who, When, and How Intense?

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2016, Pages S382-S387

  Haykowsky, Mark J ^a   Daniel, Kathryn M ^a   Bhella, Paul S ^a,b   Sarma, Satyam ^c,d   Kitzman, Dalane W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b John Peter Smith Health Network   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART REHABILITATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ENDURANCE; HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CARDIAC REHABILITATION; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH-INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85014068010     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.06.001     Document Type: Review

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