Heart Failure and Thermoregulatory Control: Can Patients With Heart Failure Handle the Heat?

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 621-627

  Balmain, Bryce N ^a,b   Sabapathy, Surendran ^a,b   Jay, Ollie ^c   Adsett, Julie ^d   Stewart, Glenn M ^a,b,e   Jayasinghe, Rohan ^a,f   Morris, Norman R ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; heat; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXERCISE; HEART FAILURE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; SKIN; SWEATING;

EID: 85019068674     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.04.003     Document Type: Review

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