Article
Rehabilitation
Leonie Klompstra, Pallav Deka, Luis Almenar, Dola Pathak, Elena Munoz-Gomez, Raquel Lopez-Vilella, Elena Marques-Sule
Summary: This study found that physical activity enjoyment mediated the relationship between exercise motivation and physical activity in patients with heart failure. Even highly motivated patients may not be physically active if they do not enjoy the physical activity.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ambarish Pandey, Matthew W. Segar, Sumitabh Singh, Gordon Reeves, Christopher O'Connor, Ileana Pina, David Whellan, William Kraus, Robert Mentz, Dalane Kitzman
Summary: This study investigates the impact of baseline frailty on the efficacy of aerobic exercise training in patients with heart failure. The results show that aerobic exercise training significantly reduces the risk of all-cause hospitalization in frail patients, but the effect is not significant for non-frail patients.
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Anna Apostolo, Carlo Vignati, Michele Della Rocca, Fabiana De Martino, Giovanni Berna, Jeness Campodonico, Mauro Contini, Manuela Muratori, Pietro Palermo, Massimo Mapelli, Marina Alimento, Beatrice Pezzuto, Piergiuseppe Agostoni
Summary: In advanced heart failure patients, levosimendan was found to increase peak oxygen uptake, decrease the formation of exercise-induced lung edema, improve ventilation efficiency, increase cardiac output, and enhance muscular oxygen delivery and extraction.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Kosuke Nakamura, Suguru Ishizaka, Kazunori Omote, Yutaro Yasui, Yoshifumi Mizuguchi, Sakae Takenaka, Yui Shimono, Ko Motoi, Hiroyuki Aoyagi, Yoji Tamaki, Sho Kazui, Yuki Takahashi, Kohei Saiin, Seiichiro Naito, Atsushi Tada, Yuta Kobayashi, Takuma Sato, Kiwamu Kamiya, Toshiyuki Nagai, Toshihisa Anzai
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the impact of mild tricuspid regurgitation on patients with chronic heart failure. The results showed that patients with mild TR had worse symptoms, reduced exercise capacity, and poor clinical outcomes.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Sergio Caravita, Andrea Faini, Carlo Vignati, Sara Pelucchi, Elisabetta Salvioni, Gaia Cattadori, Claudia Baratto, Camilla Torlasco, Mauro Contini, Alessandra Villani, Gabriella Malfatto, Elisa Perger, Carolina Lombardi, Alberto Piperno, Piergiuseppe Agostoni, Gianfranco Parati
Summary: Intravenous ferric carboxymaltose can improve symptoms in patients with heart failure, anemia, and iron deficiency by improving chemoreflex sensitivity and sleep-related breathing disorders.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Windy W. Alonso, Kevin A. Kupzyk, Joseph F. Norman, Scott W. Lundgren, Alfred Fisher, Merry L. Lindsey, Steven J. Keteyian, Bunny J. Pozehl
Summary: The multicomponent behavioral intervention program, HEART Camp, has been found to improve adherence to exercise in individuals with heart failure. Participants with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in the intervention group showed significantly higher adherence compared to the enhanced usual care group, and demonstrated improvements in physical function and symptoms. However, in participants with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), only patient-reported anxiety improved significantly.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Roza Badr Eslam, Begum Ozturk, Rene Rettl, Christophe Denis Josef Capelle, Hong Qin, Christina Binder, Theresa-Marie Dachs, Luciana Camuz Ligios, Franz Duca, Daniel Dalos, Lore Schrutka, Farideh Alasti, Johannes Kastner, Greisa Vila, Diana Bonderman
Summary: The study found that patients with higher baseline peak VO2 and lower baseline minute ventilation/carbon dioxide production slope had a lower risk of death or heart failure hospitalization. In patients receiving tafamidis treatment and undergoing repeat CPET testing, an improvement in physical performance was observed.
CIRCULATION-HEART FAILURE
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Vladimira Fejfarova, Jiri Matuska, Edward Jude, Pavlina Pithova, Milan Flekac, Karel Roztocil, Veronika Woskova, Michal Dubsky, Alexandra Jirkovska, Robert Bem, Jitka Husakova, Vera Lanska
Summary: The study aimed to enhance the diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in diabetic foot patients using a transcutaneous oximetry (TcPO2) stimulation test. Results showed that stimulation test could effectively detect the disease conditions in patients.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Maurizio Volterrani, Giuseppe Caminiti, Marco Alfonso Perrone, Anna Cerrito, Alessio Franchini, Vincenzo Manzi, Ferdinando Iellamo
Summary: The effectiveness of concurrent exercise training program in patients with chronic heart failure was evaluated. The study showed that concurrent training resulted in significant improvements in functional capacity and muscular strength, compared to single-mode aerobic training, without major side effects.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Qinyi Bao, Shuxin Lei, Shitian Guo, Zhuo Wang, Jiaye Yu, Yayu You, Ning Zhang, Xiaojie Xie
Summary: Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation is safe and effective for chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. Traditional Chinese exercise (TCE) significantly improves exercise capacity, cardiac function, and quality of life in CHF patients. Increasing the duration and combining TCE with conventional aerobic exercise further enhances the benefits.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Shaohua Guo, Songtao Yin, Wenhua Song, Gary Tse, Juping Liu, Kaiwen Hei, Kangyin Chen, Long Su, Tong Liu
Summary: Narrower retinal arterioles and wider retinal venules have been associated with the incidence of heart failure. This study found that when retinal venular caliber widens to a certain point, the incidence of HF rehospitalization and mortality significantly increases.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
J. C. Weavil, T. S. Thurston, T. J. Hureau, J. R. Gifford, P. A. Kithas, R. M. Broxterman, A. D. Bledsoe, J. N. Nativi, R. S. Richardson, M. Amann
Summary: HFpEF patients show similar central and peripheral fatigue development as healthy controls during exercise not limited by cardiac output at the same relative intensity. However, HFpEF patients exhibit a greater susceptibility to neuromuscular fatigue during exercise at a given absolute intensity, which impairs functional capacity. The compromised leg blood flow response likely contributes to the attenuated fatigue resistance in HFpEF patients.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Moritz C. Halfmann, Lukas Mueller, Urs von Henning, Roman Kloeckner, Theresia Schoeler, Karl-Friedrich Kreitner, Christoph Dueber, Philip Wenzel, Akos Varga-Szemes, Sebastian Goebel, Tilman Emrich
Summary: MRI T2 mapping is sensitive to blood oxygenation levels, and this study found that in patients with chronic heart failure, the difference in T2 relaxation times between the right and left ventricular blood pools is associated with impaired exercise capacity due to higher peripheral blood desaturation. These findings are important for understanding exercise capacity and related symptoms in patients with chronic heart failure.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Cassia Luz Goulart, Guilherme Peixoto Tinoco Areas, Flavia Rossi Caruso, Adriana S. Garcia Araujo, Silvia Cristina Garcia de Moura, Aparecida Maria Catai, Thomas Beltrame, Luiz Carlos de Carvalho Junior, Polliana Batista dos Santos, Meliza Goi Roscani, Renata Goncalves Mendes, Ross Arena, Audrey Borghi-Silva
Summary: This study investigated the differences in cerebral oxygenation, respiratory and muscle oxygen delivery during high-intensity cycling exercise between COPD-HF patients and HF patients. The results showed that COPD-HF patients had poorer cerebral oxygenation and higher deoxygenation in respiratory and peripheral muscles, leading to higher exertional dyspnea and lower exercise tolerance compared to HF patients. These findings suggest that the coexistence of COPD in patients with HF may have negative effects on exercise performance.
Article
Orthopedics
Konrad J. Dias, Michael J. Shoemaker, Kristin M. Lefebvre, John D. Heick
Summary: The American Physical Therapy Association supports the development of clinical practice guidelines to promote evidence-based practice and reduce unwarranted practice variation. This perspective paper aims to complement existing practice guidelines and provide physical therapists with practical guidance for managing patients with heart failure using contemporary evidence.