Patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and less than 20% ejection fraction increase exercise capacity and have less severe arrhythmia after controlled exercise training.
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.
Mager
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Institut für Gesundheitsforschung und Präventivmedizin Bonn.
Reinhardt
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C
Kleine
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M
Rost
R
R
Höpp
H W
HW
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
D010100:Oxygen