Tai Chi Chuan improves functional capacity after myocardial infarction: A randomized clinical trial.

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Patients with a recent myocardial infarction (MI) present a reduction in functional capacity expressed as a decrease in peak oxygen consumption (Vo2 peak). The impact of a Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) cardiac rehabilitation program for patients recovering from recent MI has yet to be assessed. Our goal is to evaluate functional capacity after a TCC-based cardiac rehabilitation program in patients with recent MI.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am. Heart J.

Title: American heart journal

ISSN (Electronic): 1097-6744

ISSN (Print): 0002-8703

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2015

Volume: 169

Issue: 6

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[1 ] Exercise Cardiology Research Group (CardioEx), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

[2 ] Exercise Cardiology Research Group (CardioEx), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Vitta Centro de Bem Estar Físico, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

[3 ] Exercise Cardiology Research Group (CardioEx), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Cardiology Division, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Vitta Centro de Bem Estar Físico, Porto Alegre, Brazil; The Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brasília, Brazil. Electronic address: rstein@cardiol.br.

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Publisher Item ID: S0002-8703(15)00172-6

DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.01.017

PubMed ID: 26027624

SO-VID: f46ef1a2-616f-4e13-ad92-261ca135c2e7

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