Effect of endurance exercise training on endothelial function and arterial stiffness in older patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: A randomized, controlled, single-blind trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 584-592

  Kitzman, Dalane W ^a   Brubaker, Peter H ^b   Herrington, David M ^a   Morgan, Timothy M ^a   Stewart, Kathryn P ^a   Hundley, W Gregory ^a   Abdelhamed, Abdelhamed ^c   Haykowsky, Mark J ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; exercise; heart failure; preserved ejection fraction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED ARTERIAL DILATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

A-VO(2)DIFF; AGING; ARTERIOVENOUS OXYGEN DIFFERENCE; ATTENTION CONTROL; B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BNP; CT; ET; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TRAINING; FLOW-MEDIATED ARTERIAL DILATION; FMD; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION; HF; HFPEF; HFREF; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LV; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEAK EXERCISE OXYGEN UPTAKE; PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; QOL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RER; RESPIRATORY EXCHANGE RATIO; VO(2); VO(2)PEAK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84881361370     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.04.033     Document Type: Article

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