Background Studies of the association between obesity, and total mortality and cardiovascular
events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have shown contradictory results. …

Background: Body mass index (BMI) is the most widely used measure to diagnose obesity.
However, the accuracy of BMI in detecting excess body adiposity in the adult general …

Substantial data have established a sedentary lifestyle as a major modifiable risk factor for
coronary heart disease (CHD). Increased levels of physical activity, exercise training, and …

Background Nearly half of patients hospitalized with unstable angina eventually receive a
non–cardiac-related diagnosis, yet 5 percent of patients with myocardial infarction are …

Objectives : The aim of this study was to examine participation in cardiac rehabilitation after
myocardial infarction (MI) by age and gender and the association of participation with survival…

Objectives. In a double-blind, randomized, crossover trial we sought to evaluate the effect of
dual-chamber pacing in patients with severe symptoms of hypertrophic obstructive …

BACKGROUND: Participation rates in cardiac rehabilitation after myocardial infarction (MI)
remain low. Studies investigating the predictive value of psychosocial variables are sparse …

Background Emerging evidence suggests that a mildly elevated body mass index (BMI), is
related to improved survival and fewer cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery …

Exercise hypertension has been suggested to predict future resting hypertension, but its
significance in terms of cardiovascular risk has not been defined. To assess the prognostic …

Objective To determine the peak blood pressure responses during symptom-limited exercise
in a large sample of apparently healthy subjects, including both men and women over a …