Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Chronic low-intensity interval exercise training preserves myocardial O2 balance and diastolic function

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-147

  Marshall, Kurt D ^a   Muller, Brittany N ^a   Krenz, Maike ^b,c   Hanft, Laurin M ^c   McDonald, Kerry S ^c   Dellsperger, Kevin C ^a,c   Emter, Craig A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary flow; Diastolic heart failure; Exercise; Fibrosis; Hypertrophic signaling; MVO2; Speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CONNECTIN; GELATINASE A; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; MUSCLE PROTEIN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 4; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-4;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; GENETICS; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOMERE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; COLLAGEN TYPE III; DIASTOLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RNA, MESSENGER; SARCOMERES; SWINE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84871782597     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01059.2012     Document Type: Article

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