Regular Physical Exercise Corrects Endothelial Dysfunction and Improves Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

Hambrecht, Rainer; Fiehn, Eduard; Weigl, Claudia; Gielen, Stephan; Hamann, Caroline; Kaiser, Ralf; Yu, Jiangtao; Adams, Volker; Niebauer, Josef; Schüler, Gerhard

doi:10.1161/01.cir.98.24.2709

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Regular Physical Exercise Corrects Endothelial Dysfunction and Improves Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

Published in Circulation • Dec 15, 1998

Authors:

Rainer Hambrecht

Eduard Fiehn

Claudia Weigl

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of systemic exercise training on endothelium-mediated arteriolar vasodilation of the lower limb and its relation to exercise capacity in chronic heart failure (CHF). Endothelial dysfunction is a key feature of CHF, contributing to in...

Subject

Medicine

Heart failure

Cardiology

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