Impact of left ventricular filling properties on the benefit of exercise training in patients with advanced chronic heart failure secondary to ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy

Dov Freimark; Yehuda Adler; Micha S Feinberg; Tal Regev; Zeev Rotstein; Michael Eldar; Michael Motro; Ehud Schwammenthal

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.08.081

Impact of left ventricular filling properties on the benefit of exercise training in patients with advanced chronic heart failure secondary to ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Jan 1;95(1):136-40. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.08.081.

Authors

Dov Freimark¹, Yehuda Adler, Micha S Feinberg, Tal Regev, Zeev Rotstein, Michael Eldar, Michael Motro, Ehud Schwammenthal

Affiliation

¹ Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

PMID: 15619413
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.08.081

Abstract

This study examined left ventricular (LV) filling properties and exercise hemodynamics noninvasively before and after an exercise training program in patients with chronic heart failure (HF). Although exercise training did not improve LV filling properties in patients with advanced HF, LV filling properties determined the hemodynamic benefit attainable from exercise in this patient group.

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease
Disease Progression
Exercise Therapy*
Female
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Heart Failure / therapy*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Ischemia / complications*
Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*