Exercise and the cardiovascular system: clinical science and cardiovascular outcomes

Carl J Lavie1, Ross Arena2, Damon L Swift2

  • 1From the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.J.L., R.V.M.); Department of Physical Therapy and Integrative Physiology Laboratory, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (R.A.); Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (D.L.S.); Department of Preventive Medicine, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA (N.M.J., T.S.C.); School of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (N.M.J.); Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health University of South Carolina, Columbia (X.S., S.N.B.); Department of Kinesiology, College of Human Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames (D.c.L.); Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station (C.P.E.); and Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.H.O.). clavie@ochsner.org.

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