Effectiveness and safety of exercise training and rehabilitation in pulmonary hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a chronic progressive disease characterized by increasing pulmonary vascular resistance, poor prognosis and high disability rate. Although many targeted drugs for PH have been put to clinical use, most patients still have poor exercise tolerance and quality of life. Exercise training is considered to further improve exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with PH, but it has not been fully studied and utilized. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of exercise training in patients with PH.

Methods

A search was conducted for the meta-analysis using the databases PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, including literature published before December 2018. The primary outcome

SUBMITTER: Zeng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7330286 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature