The purpose of this study is to determine whether exercise training will improve functional capacity in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
80
Exercise training program for 3 months (two times a week).
Hadassah University Hospital
Jerusalem, Israel
RECRUITINGChange from baseline of peak oxygen uptake on graded exercise.
Changes in physical fitness after 3 month exercise training. This will be measured by a cardiopulmonary exercise test with recording of maximal oxygen uptake during incremental exercise.
Time frame: After 3 month exercise training
Change from baseline of six minute walk
Change in the distance covered during a 6 minute walk after 3 month exercise training.
Time frame: After 3 month exercise training
Change from baseline of NYHA class
Change in subjective assessment of function capacity based on the New York Heart Association Class classification after 3 month exercise training.
Time frame: After 3 month exercise training
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