title: Patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and less than 20% ejection fraction increase exercise capacity and have less severe arrhythmia after controlled exercise training.
abstract: The results of this pilot study suggest that patients with a diminished ejection fraction as low as 16% can safely perform an exercise program. A significant improvement in peak VO2 and maximal work rate was achieved. Moreover, this study suggests that exercise training might diminish the severity of asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmia; however a larger controlled study is needed to confirm these findings.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gesundheitsforschung und Präventivmedizin Bonn.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mager
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reinhardt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kleine
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rost
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Höpp
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013318:Stroke Volume
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen