title: [Preliminary report of using cardiopulmonary exercise testing guide exercise rehabilitation in patients with chronic heart failure].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The exercise rehabilitation in patient with chronic heart failure (CHF) is standard clinical practice, but it is rare using CardioPulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) guide to prescribe exercise rehabilitation in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed symptom limited maximal CPET in 10 patients with CHF, randomly divided into two groups: 5 patients as control without exercise and 5 exercise patients used Δ50%W intensity to exercise 30 min/d, 5 d/w, x12 w. Before and after 12 w rehabilitation, we evaluated functions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant difference between two groups patients (P > 0.05). The exercise duration was increased from 8 min to 23 min after rehabilitation (P < 0.001); distance 6 minutes walking was increased from 394 m to 470 m (P < 0.05); score of Minnesota quality of life was decreased from 25 to 3 in exercise group (P < 0.01). However, there were nosignificant changes in control group (P>0.05) and their changes were smaller than those in exercise group (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CPET guiding exercise rehabilitation is safe and effective for patients with CHF.
authors.forename: Yan-ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xing-guo
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Zhen-ying
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Li-qing
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jia-ning
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: Jing-min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Wan-gang
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Ge
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005080:Exercise Test; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D016138:Walking