Exercise performance of chronic heart failure patients in the early period of support by an axial-flow left ventricular assist device as destination therapy.

Compostella, Leonida; Russo, Nicola; Setzu, Tiziana; Compostella, Caterina; Bellotto, Fabio

Compostella, Leonida; Russo, Nicola; Setzu, Tiziana; Compostella, Caterina; Bellotto, Fabio.

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Compostella L; Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation, Istituto Codivilla Putti, Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Artif Organs ; 38(5): 366-73, 2014 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24117945

Subject(s)

Exercise Tolerance; Heart Failure/surgery; Heart Ventricles/surgery; Heart-Assist Devices; Aged; Chronic Disease; Exercise Test; Female; Heart Failure/metabolism; Heart Failure/physiopathology; Heart Ventricles/metabolism; Heart Ventricles/physiopathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Oxygen Consumption; Ventricular Function, Left

Key words

Cardiac rehabilitation; Cardiopulmonary exercise test; Heart failure; Left ventricular assist device; Oxygen uptake

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Heart-Assist Devices / Exercise Tolerance / Heart Failure / Heart Ventricles Aspects: Patient_preference Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Artif Organs Year: 2014 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

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