Why the study?
Does lack of improvement in exercise capacity after an exercise training program predict adverse cardiac events in patients with chronic heart failure?
Population
155 chronic heart failure patients with left ventricular ejection fraction <45%, mean age 54±12 years, 81%…
Comparison
Exercise training program in a cardiac… vs Response to the training program
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
16±6 months
Authors
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Nonresponse to exercise training may identify high-risk chronic HF patients; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Does lack of improvement in exercise capacity after an exercise training program predict adverse cardiac events in patients with chronic heart failure?
Lack of improvement in exercise capacity after an exercise training program is a strong independent predictor of adverse cardiac events in patients with chronic heart failure.
Tabet et al. (2008) studied this question.
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