Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death, morbidity, disability, and reduced health-
related quality of life, as well as economic burden worldwide, with some 80% of disease …

Question What are the effects of different types of exercise treatments on oxygen
consumption, quality of life and mortality in people with coronary heart disease? Design …

Aims To develop and validate equations predicting heart rate (HR) at the first and second
ventilatory thresholds (VTs) and an optimized range-adjusted prescription for patients with …

Exercise performance is an essential tool for managing heart failure. Although the benefits of
exercise are well documented for people with chronic and stable heart failure, there is still …

Introduction Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is increasingly prevalent, and supervised
physical exercise programmes are recommended as the first-line treatment. However, these …

To investigate the effect of an exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program on the quality of
life (QoL) of patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC). PEACH study was a …

Abstract Background: Although the Talk Test (TT) is a reliable and low-cost test, its use for
aerobic exercise prescription is still limited. Objective: To analyze the heart rate (HR) in the …

Background After 2020, clinical practice recommendations have been released to inform
cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs of best practices for post-COVID programming. The …

Introduction Self-efficacy is associated with management of diseases, psychological well-
being, improved quality of life and rehabilitation adherence. Several instruments related to …

Objectives The present study aimed to perform a cost‐effectiveness analysis of an exercise‐
based cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) program in patients with chronic Chagas …