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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 1/2011

Open Access 01-12-2011 | Letters to the Editor

Left atrial volume and exercise capacity in adult heart transplant recipients

Author: Vitor Oliveira Carvalho

Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Issue 1/2011

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It is well established that heart transplantation can improve patients' quality of life, exercise capacity and survival [1, 2]. Despite of the improvement in exercise performance after heart transplant, it still remains subnormal when compared with healthy subjects [3]. Cardiac causes as chronotropic incompetence [4] and diastolic dysfunction [5] have been proposed to be related to the post-transplant exercise impairment, but few studies are available about this theme. …
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Carvalho VO, Bocchi EA, Guimarães GV: Aerobic Exercise Prescription in Adult Heart Transplant Recipients: A Review. Cardiovasc Ther. 2010, doi: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2010.00175.x
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Metadata
Title
Left atrial volume and exercise capacity in adult heart transplant recipients
Author
Vitor Oliveira Carvalho
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-9

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