Exercise training for systolic heart failure: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To determine the effect of exercise training on clinical events and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with systolic heart failure.

Methods and results

We searched electronic databases including Medline, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library up to January 2008 to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing exercise training and usual care with a minimum follow-up of 6 months. Nineteen RCTs were included with a total of 3647 patients, the majority of whom were male, low-to-medium risk, and New York Heart Association class II-III with a left ventricular ejection fraction of <40%. There was no significant difference between exercise and control in short-term (

SUBMITTER: Davies EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2891490 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature