title: [The impact of exercise rehabilitation on left ventricular remodeling and systolic function in acute myocardial infarction patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the influence of rehabilitation on left ventricular remodeling and systolic function in acute myocardial infarction patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients meeting the inclusion criteria with uneventful clinical course after a first myocardial infarction were randomly assigned to a 3-month exercise training period (exercise group, n = 35) or a control group (n = 29). Before randomization, all patients underwent NT-proBNP test, 2-dimensional echocardiography, and submaximal exercise test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  (1) At baseline, there were no significant differences in NT-proBNP, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVDd) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) between the exercise and control groups. After 3 months, a significant decrease in NT-proBNP was observed only in the exercise group [from (845.29 +/- 93.48) ng/L to (335.64 +/- 246.14) ng/L, P < 0.05], but not in the control group [from (1091.62 +/- 101.78) ng/L to (1099.83 +/- 168.75) ng/L, P > 0.05) and there was significant difference in NT-proBNP level between the two groups after 3 months (P < 0.01). The LVDd increased in the control group [from (50.9 +/- 5.8) to (52.6 +/- 5.4) mm, P < 0.05] but not in the exercise group [from (50.7 +/- 4.5) to (50.3 +/- 3.9) mm, P > 0.05] and there was significant difference in LVDd between the two groupsafter 3 months (P < 0.05). Conversely, LVEF improved in the exercise group [from (55.0 +/- 8.6)% to (60.0 +/- 8.0)%, P < 0.05] but not in the control group (P > 0.05) and there was significant difference in LVEF between the two groups after 3 months (P < 0.05). (2) NT-proBNP was inversely correlated with LVEF.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rehabilitation exercise training under instructions based on family condition in the early and recovery stage of AMI can lower the NT-proBNP level, improve ejection fraction, and prevent the increase of left ventricular end-diastolic diameter. Therefore, it may reduce unfavorable remodeling response and improve cardiac systolic function hereafter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Ao-feng
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Fu-chun
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Zhao-ping
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xiao-wen
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bao-hui
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013599:Systole; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling