Why the study?
Despite antihypertensive pharmacotherapy lowering blood pressure and regressing hypertrophy, residual cardiovascular risk persists, and exercise training may add to what drug therapy achieves across the hypertensive heart disease continuum.
Does exercise training improve cardiovascular outcomes and reverse remodeling in patients with hypertensive heart disease?
Comparison
Exercise training as an adjunct to antihypertensive therapy vs drug therapy alone
Design
Narrative review
Key result
Exercise training improves functional capacity and blood pressure in hypertensive heart disease, though reverse remodeling and clinical-event reduction remain incompletely proven.
Authors
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Exercise training warrants consideration as adjunctive therapy for functional and BP benefits in hypertensive heart disease; leaves open its role in reversing remodeling or improving outcomes.
Does exercise training improve cardiovascular outcomes and reverse remodeling in patients with hypertensive heart disease?
Exercise training is a beneficial adjunct to antihypertensive therapy for improving functional capacity and blood pressure, though its effects on reverse remodeling and hard clinical outcomes remain unproven.
Yu et al. (2026) conducted a review in Hypertensive heart disease. Exercise training was evaluated. Exercise training improves functional capacity and blood pressure in hypertensive heart disease, though reverse remodeling and clinical-event reduction remain incompletely proven.