Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.
This study analyzed the effects of IMT on the oxygen uptake efficiency slope (OUES) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) with inspiratory muscle weakness (IMW). Thirty-two CHF patients were randomly assigned to either a 12-week program of IMT or placebo-IMT. PImax and OUES were obtained before and after the intervention. Inspiratory muscle training resulted [...]
Smoking bans ‘cut heart attacks’
Studies from the journals Circulation and the Journal of the American College of Cardiologyans show that the ban on smoking in public places have had a bigger impact on preventing heart attacks than ever expected, data shows. Smoking bans cut the number of heart attacks in Europe and North America by up to a third, [...]
Augmented blood pressure response to exercise is associated with improved long-term survival in older people.
Hedberg P, Ohrvik J, Lönnberg I, Nilsson G. This study investigated the prognostic value of SBP response during exercise testing in 75-year-olds. 382 75-year-old men and women took part. The prognostic value of SBP change from rest to peak exercise during a symptom-limited cycle test was evaluated for the endpoints all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality [...]
Home-based exercise rehabilitation with telemedicine following cardiac surgery
Scalvini S, Zanelli E, Comini L, Tomba MD, Troise G, Giordano A This study evaluated the feasibility of a home-based rehabilitation programme, which was designed to resemble an in-hospital rehabilitation programme. Patients who underwent cardiac surgery followed a one-month home rehabilitation programme supervised by a nurse-tutor and a physiotherapist. Physiotherapy was performed at home with [...]
Preoperative physiotherapy in prevention of pulmonary complications in pediatric cardiac surgery
Felcar JM, Guitti JC, Marson AC, Cardoso JR The object of this study was to evaluate the occurrence and risk of pulmonary complications in children who underwent pre-and postoperative physiotherapeutic intervention in cardiac surgeries, as well as to compare these patients to those who underwent only postoperative physiotherapeutic intervention. 135 patients from 6 years of [...]
Efficacy and safety of exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial.
O'Connor CM, Whellan DJ, Lee KL, Keteyian SJ, Cooper LS, Ellis SJ, Leifer ES, Kraus WE, Kitzman DW, Blumenthal JA, Rendall DS, Miller NH, Fleg JL, Schulman KA, McKelvie RS, Zannad F, Piña IL, The objective of this study was to test the efficacy and safety of exercise training among patients with heart failure. 2331 [...]
Effects of exercise training on health status in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial.
Flynn KE, Piña IL, Whellan DJ, Lin L, Blumenthal JA, Ellis SJ, Fine LJ, Howlett JG, Keteyian SJ, Kitzman DW, Kraus WE, Miller NH, Schulman KA, Spertus JA, O'Connor CM, Weinfurt KP The objective of this study was to test the effects of exercise training on health status among patients with heart failure. 2331 medically [...]
Prognostic Usefulness of Dyspnea Versus Fatigue as Reason for Exercise Test Termination in Patients With Heart Failure
Chase P, Arena P, Myers J, Abella J, Paberdy MA, Guazzi M, Kenjale A, Bensimhon D. This investigation examined differences in cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) variables and prognosis according to reason for test termination. One hundred eighty-three patients with HF (left ventricular ejection fraction at rest 24.3 ± 9.9%) underwent CPX in which the [...]
A cardiopulmonary exercise testing score for predicting outcomes in patients with heart failure.
Meyers J, Arena R, Dewey F, Bensimhon D, Abella J, Hsu L, Chase P, Guazzi M, Peberdy MA This study set out to evaluate the predictive accuracy of a cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPX) score. Cardiopulmonary exercise test responses, including peak VO2, markers of ventilatory inefficiency, and hemodynamic responses are strong predictors of outcomes in [...]
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