title: Exercise in the management of patients with chronic heart failure.
abstract: Despite the establishment of feasibility and physiologic benefits, questions remained about the safety and clinical effectiveness of physical exercise in patients with heart failure. In 2002, however, the Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training trial showed that physical exercise is safe, improves health status, increases cardiorespiratory capacity, and yields a modest reduction in clinical events among patients with HF. The magnitude of these benefits may relate to the volume of exercise completed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 6525 Second Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA. sketeyi1@hfhs.org
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Keteyian
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D015444:Exercise; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome