Relationship between spleen size and exercise tolerance in advanced heart failure patients with a left ventricular assist device.

Hiroaki HiraiwaTakahiro OkumuraAkinori SawamuraTakashi ArakiTakashi MizutaniShingo KazamaYuki KimuraNaoki ShibataHideo OishiTasuku KuwayamaToru KondoKenji FurusawaRyota MorimotoTakuji AdachiSumio YamadaMasato MutsugaAkihiko UsuiToyoaki Murohara

Published in: BMC research notes (2022)

. These results suggest an association between spleen volume and exercise tolerance in advanced HF.

Keyphrases

left ventricular assist device
high intensity
physical activity
resistance training
ejection fraction
body composition
acute heart failure