Exercise Improve Sympathetic Modulation in Chronic Heart Failure Patients

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Chronic Heart Failure

Treatments: Other: exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02219451

sympathetic modulation

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to verify the effects of exercise training on sympathetic modulation and arterial baroreflex control in patients with chronic heart failure.

Full description

Retrospective study. Patients were recruited by database from Rehabilitation Unit of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology of the Heart Institute (InCor). The aim of this study is to assess the effects of exercise training on sympathetic modulation and arterial baroreflex control in patients with chronic heart failure. The investigators studied twenty-six chronic heart failure outpatients, age 30 to 70 years, functional class II to III of New York Heart Association, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤40% and peak oxygen uptake (VO2) ≤20. The exclusion criteria were recent myocardial infarction or unstable angina (<3 months), heart failure duration (<3 months), permanent pacemaker dependence, atrial fibrillation, skeletal muscle abnormality (e.g., arthritis) and participation in a regular exercise program. They were assigned to 2 groups: Untrained (n=13) and trained (n=13).

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with chronic heart failure
• Age 30 to 70 years
• Functional class II to III of New York Heart Association
• Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤40%
• Peak oxygen uptake (VO2) ≤20

Exclusion criteria

• Recent myocardial infarction or unstable angina (<3 months)
• heart failure duration (<3 months)
• Permanent pacemaker dependence
• Atrial fibrillation
• Skeletal muscle abnormality (e.g., arthritis)
• Participation in a regular exercise program

Trial design

26 participants in 1 patient group

exercise training

Experimental group

Description:

We studied twenty-six chronic heart failure outpatients and they were assigned to 2 groups: Untrained (n=13) and trained (n=13).

Treatment:

Other: exercise training