Changes in the Cardiopulmonary Response to Exercise after Cardiac Transplantation in Patients Enrolled in an Early Rehabilitation Program

Lizanne M Bussières; Peter W Pflugfelder; Albert W Taylor; Dildar Ahmad; Corinne Weernink; William J Kostuk

doi:10.1155/1997/834032

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 1997)

Changes in the Cardiopulmonary Response to Exercise after Cardiac Transplantation in Patients Enrolled in an Early Rehabilitation Program

Lizanne M Bussières,
Peter W Pflugfelder,
Albert W Taylor,
Dildar Ahmad,
Corinne Weernink,
William J Kostuk

Affiliations

Lizanne M Bussières: Faculty of Kinesiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Peter W Pflugfelder: Divisions of Cardiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Albert W Taylor: Division of Respiratory Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Dildar Ahmad: Division of Physiotherapy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Corinne Weernink: Department of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
William J Kostuk: University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1997/834032
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 2
pp. 81 – 87

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the changes in the cardiopulmonary response to exercise in the first year after cardiac transplantation in patients enrolled in a rehabilitation program in the first three months post-transplantation.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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