Key result
Exercise training improves VO2 max, peak power, and resting hemodynamics in cardiac transplant recipients.
Why the study?
Does exercise training improve physiological and functional outcomes in cardiac transplant recipients?
Population
Cardiac transplant recipients
Design
Review
Authors
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Supports incorporating exercise into post-transplant care; leaves open effects on survival and rejection.
Does exercise training improve physiological and functional outcomes in cardiac transplant recipients?
Exercise training provides significant physiological and functional benefits for cardiac transplant recipients, though its impact on hard clinical outcomes like survival or rejection remains unknown.
Ray W. Squires (1991) conducted a review in Cardiac transplantation. Exercise training was evaluated. Exercise training in cardiac transplant recipients improves maximal oxygen uptake, peak exercise power output, anaerobic threshold, and lean body mass, and lowers resting heart rate and blood pressure.
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