Acute and chronic exercise training in patients with Class II pulmonary hypertension: effects on haemodynamics and symptoms.

ABSTRACT: More than half of heart failure (HF) patients have concomitant pulmonary hypertension, impacting symptoms and prognosis. The role of exercise in this category of patients is still unclear, probably because of the lack of a clear relationship between exercise and acute and chronic pulmonary artery pressure variations and related changes in symptoms. The limited evidence on this topic is contradictory and hardly comparable due to use of different exercise programmes and pulmonary artery pressure assessment techniques. This is further compounded by different functional and structural classes of HF making definite assessments and interpretations of exercise effect on outcomes difficult. Exercise training programmes were proven beneficial in HF patients; however, the lack of data about their pu

SUBMITTER: Lunardi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8934934 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature