Effects of Exercise Training on Myocardial Blood Flow Reserve in Patients With Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction

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• 作者：Joã ; o Manoel Theotonio Santos ; Ingrid Kowatsch ; Jeane Mike Tsutsui ; Carlos Eduardo Negrã ; o ; Nancy Canavesi ; Cló ; vis Carvalho Frimm ; Charles Mady ; José ; Antonio Franchini Ramires ; Wilso
• 刊名：The American Journal of Cardiology
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：15 January 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：105
• 期：2
• 页码：243-248
• 全文大小：495 K

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Exercise training has been shown to be effective in improving exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with heart failure and left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction. Real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography (RTMCE) is a new technique that allows quantitative analysis of myocardial blood flow (MBF). The aim of this study was to determine the effects of exercise training on MBF in patients with LV dysfunction. We studied 23 patients with LV dysfunction who underwent RTMCE and cardiopulmonary exercise testing at baseline and 4 months after medical treatment (control group, n = 10) or medical treatment plus exercise training (trained group, n = 13). Replenishment velocity (β) and MBF reserves were derived from quantitative RTMCE. The 4-month exercise training consisted of 3 60-minute exercise sessions/week at an intensity corresponding to anaerobic threshold, 10 % below the respiratory compensation point. Aerobic exercise training did not change LV diameters, volumes, or ejection fraction. At baseline, no difference was observed in MBF reserve between the control and trained groups (1.89, 1.67 to 1.98, vs 1.81, 1.28 to 2.38, p = 0.38). Four-month exercise training resulted in a significant increase in β reserve from 1.72 (1.45 to 1.48) to 2.20 (1.69 to 2.77, p <0.001) and an MBF reserve from 1.81 (1.28 to 2.38) to 3.05 (2.07 to 3.93, p <0.001). In the control group, β reserve decreased from 1.51 (1.10 to 1.85) to 1.46 (1.14 to 2.33, p = 0.03) and MBF reserve from 1.89 (1.67 to 1.98) to 1.55 (1.11 to 2.27, p <0.001). Peak oxygen consumption increased by 13.8 % after 4 months of exercise training and decreased by 1.9 % in the control group. In conclusion, exercise training resulted in significant improvement of MBF reserve in patients with heart failure and LV dysfunction.