Clinical ResearchHeart FailureExercise Training Improves Exercise Capacity and Diastolic Function in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Results of the Ex-DHF (Exercise training in Diastolic Heart Failure) Pilot Study
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Key Words
diastolic dysfunction
exercise training
heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
therapy
Abbreviations and Acronyms
CI
confidence interval
ET
exercise training
HFpEF
heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
HFrEF
heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
IQR
interquartile range
LAVI
left atrial volume index
LVMI
left ventricular mass index
MLWHFQ
Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire
NT-proBNP
N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide
NYHA
New York Heart Association
QoL
quality of life
RCT
randomized controlled trial
SF-36
36-Item Short-Form Health Survey
UC
usual care
Vo2
oxygen consumption
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This study was supported by the German Competence Network of Heart Failure, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, grant no. 01GI0205. The study group received NT-proBNP reagents from Roche Diagnostics free of charge. Dr. Hasenfuss is a consultant for Servier. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. Drs. Edelmann, Gelbrich, and Düngen contributed equally to this work.
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