Why the study?
Does intravenous heparin combined with exercise improve exercise capacity and clinical symptoms in patients with coronary artery disease?
Population
Patients with coronary artery disease
Comparison
Intravenous injection of heparin combined with… vs Same exercise regimen without heparin
Design
Review
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for heparin-augmented exercise in CAD; requires prospective RCTs before any practice consideration.
Does intravenous heparin combined with exercise improve exercise capacity and clinical symptoms in patients with coronary artery disease?
Coronary collaterals play a protective role in ischemic heart disease, and promoting neovascularization with agents like heparin may offer a novel therapeutic strategy.
Sasayama et al. (1992) studied this question.
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