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Doctor Alexandra Lima

University of Brasilia, Brasilia (Brazil)

PhD in Health Sciences and Technologies, University of Brasília (2017), Specialist in Cardiology by the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (2009), Enabled in Ergometry by the Department of Ergometry, Exercise and Rehabilitation of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (2011). I am currently a cardiologist at the Brasília Cardiology Center and the Federal District Hospital Foundation and collaborator of the Research Group on Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation at the University of Brasília. Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, acting on the following subjects: cardiology, exercise testing, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, cardiovascular rehabilitation

Hypertension increased risk of abnormal brachial ankle index in patients with low to intermediate cardiovascular risk in comparison with high cardiovascular risk patients.

Event: EuroPrevent 2019

Topic: Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

Session: Risk Factors and Prevention – Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

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The effect of high intensity interval training on left atrial volume index in heart failure patients

Event: EuroPrevent 2019

Topic: Outcomes

Session: Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Exercise Testing

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The behavior of cardiorespiratory capacity after a semi-supervised cardiovascular rehabilitation program in heart failure patients - A pilot study

Event: EuroPrevent 2019

Topic: Exercise Programmes

Session: Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Exercise Testing

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Capnography in spontaneously breathing chronic heart failure patients: resting partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide a new non-invasive factor on heart failure.

Event: Heart Failure 2017 - 4th World Congress on Acute Heart Failure

Topic: Chronic pulmonary hypertension

Session: Moderated Poster session 1 - Prognosis

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Novel cardiac rehabilitation program modalities - high intensity interval training (HIIT) and circuit resistance training (CRT) - improve cardiorespiratory fitness with safety and compliance.

Event: EuroPrevent 2017

Topic: Atrial fibrillation (AF)

Session: Exercise testing/ training/ Cardiac rehabilitation_Part 1

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