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Exercise and Congenital Heart Disease

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Exercise for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Treatment

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Exercise is an essential part of the physical and mental health. However, many doctors and patients have a conservative attitude to participate in exercise in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Exercise in patients with CHD is a relatively new and controversial field. Taking into account the involvement of exercise in patients with CHD is likely to induce acute cardiovascular events and even sudden death; many doctors have a conservative attitude to participate in exercise in patients with CHD, leading to the occurrence of excessive self-protection. CHD has been transformed from the original fatal diseases into chronic diseases, medical treatment will also transform from the improvement of the survival rate to the improvement of the quality of life. It is still a problem that whether patients with CHD should participate in exercise and which kind of CHD should take part in exercise to improve the quality of life.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Jilin University, No. 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun, 130041, China

    Junnan Wang & Bin Liu

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Wang, J., Liu, B. (2017). Exercise and Congenital Heart Disease. In: Xiao, J. (eds) Exercise for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Treatment. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1000. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4304-8_7

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