Benefits of exercise training in the treatment of heart failure: study with a control group

Autor: Maria Helena Gaíva G. da Silva, Shirley Ferreira Pereira, Edimar Alcides Bocchi, Mário Sérgio Vaz da Silva, Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, Ronaldo D. Fontes, Carlos Roberto Padovani
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, Vol 79, Iss 4, Pp 357-362 (2002)
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia v.79 n.4 2002
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, Volume: 79, Issue: 4, Pages: 357-362, Published: OCT 2002
ISSN: 0066-782X
Popis: OBJECTIVE: Exercise training programs have been proposed as adjuncts to treatment of heart failure. The effects of a 3-month-exercise-training-program with 3 exercise sessions per week were assessed in patients with stable systolic chronic heart failure. METHODS: We studied 24 patients with final left ventricle diastolic diameter of 70±10mm and left ventricular ejection fraction of 37±4%. Mean age was 52±16 years. Twelve patients were assigned to an exercise training group (G1), and 12 patients were assigned to a control group (G2). Patients underwent treadmill testing, before and after exercise training, to assess distance walked, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and double product. RESULTS: In G2 group, before and after 3 months, we observed, respectively distance walked, 623±553 and 561± 460m (ns); peak heart rate, 142±23 and 146± 33b/min (ns); systolic blood pressure, 154±36 and 164±26 mmHg (ns); and double product, 22211± 6454 and 24293±7373 (ns). In G1 group, before and after exercise, we observed: distance walked, 615±394 and 970± 537m (p
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