Thirty-two stable patients with chronic heart failure participated in an exercise rehabilitation program. They randomly assigned to aerobic exercise (AER) or combined aerobic and strength training (COM). Before and after the program, they underwent a symptom-limited maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing and serial echocardiography evaluation examining the indices of diastolic dysfunction (DD).
Thirty-two stable patients with chronic heart failure (age: 56 ± 10 years, EF: 32 ± 8%, 88 % men) participated in an exercise rehabilitation program. They randomly assigned to aerobic exercise (AER) or combined aerobic and strength training (COM), based on age and peak oxygen uptake, as stratified randomization criteria. Before and after the program, they underwent a symptom-limited maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and serial echocardiography assessment to evaluate peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak), peak workload (Wpeak), DD grade, right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) and EF.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
32
exercise training rehabilitation (aerobic exercise with/without strength training)
exercise training rehabilitation (aerobic exercise with/without strength training)
Serafim Nanas
Athens, Attica, Greece
Evaluation of the impact of a cardiac rehabilitation program on the diastolic dysfunction in patients with chronic heart failure
Thirty-two stable patients with chronic heart failure (age: 56 ± 10 years, EF: 32 ± 8%, 88 % men) participated in an exercise rehabilitation program. They randomly assigned to aerobic exercise (AER) or combined aerobic and strength training (COM), based on age and peak oxygen uptake, as stratified randomization criteria. Before and after the program, they underwent a serial echocardiography assessment to evaluate the diastolic dysfunction (DD) grade of the left ventricular.
Time frame: three months
Evaluation of the impact of a cardiac rehabilitation program on the ejection fraction of the left ventricular in patients with chronic heart failure
Thirty-two stable patients with chronic heart failure (age: 56 ± 10 years, EF: 32 ± 8%, 88 % men) participated in an exercise rehabilitation program. They randomly assigned to aerobic exercise (AER) or combined aerobic and strength training (COM), based on age and peak oxygen uptake, as stratified randomization criteria. Before and after the program, they underwent a serial echocardiography assessment to evaluate the ejection fraction of the left ventricular.
Time frame: three months
Evaluation of the impact of a cardiac rehabilitation program on the indices of aerobic exercise capacity of the left ventricular in patients with chronic heart failure
Thirty-two stable patients with CHF (age: 56 ± 10 years, EF: 32 ± 8%, 88 % men) participated in an exercise rehabilitation program. They randomly assigned to aerobic exercise (AER) or combined aerobic and strength training (COM), based on age and peak oxygen uptake, as stratified randomization criteria. Before and after the program, they underwent a cardiopulmonary exercise test to evaluate VO2peak and Wpeak
Time frame: three months
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