Why the study?
Does low-intensity exercise training delay the onset of decompensated heart failure and improve survival in spontaneously hypertensive heart failure rats?
Population
Lean male spontaneously hypertensive heart failure (SHHF) rats, assigned at 9 and 16 months of age
Comparison
6 months of low-intensity treadmill running vs Sedentary group
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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Supports exercise delaying decompensated HF in hypertensive rat models; leaves open human translation.
Does low-intensity exercise training delay the onset of decompensated heart failure and improve survival in spontaneously hypertensive heart failure rats?
Six months of low-intensity exercise training delays the onset of decompensated heart failure and improves survival in a rat model of hypertensive heart failure.
Emter et al. (2005) studied this question.
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