Effects of Exercise Therapy on Ventricular and Endothelial Function in Patients After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

National Taiwan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Treatments: Other: exercise capacity test

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01990638

9361701193

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was (1) to compare the peak exercise capacity and left ventricular diastolic function between patients with and without diabetes and (2) to investigate the interrelation among peak oxygen consumption, left ventricular diastolic function, blood sugar, and lipid profile.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• well-controlled diabetes
• no history of myocardial infarction
• stable post coronary artery bypass surgery for at least 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• heart failure,
• valvular disease,
• abnormal kidney or liver function,
• cerebrovascular disease,
• primary pulmonary disease,
• other systemic or acute illness that may impede the testing or training

Trial design

51 participants in 2 patient groups

DM group

Treatment:

Other: exercise capacity test

non-DM group

Treatment:

Other: exercise capacity test