Feasibility of high-intensity interval training in patients with left ventricular assist devices: a pilot study.
Miguel Alvarez VillelaThiru ChinnaduraiKalil SalkeyAndrea FurlaniMounica YanamandalaSasha VukelicDaniel B SimsJooyoung J ShinOmar SaeedUlrich P JordeSnehal R PatelPublished in: ESC heart failure (2020)
Cardiopulmonary exercise test-guided HIIT is feasible and can improve submaximal aerobic capacity in stable patients with chronic LVAD support. Further studies are needed on its effects on the myocardium and its potential role in cardiac rehabilitation programmes.
Keyphrases
- high intensity
- left ventricular
- resistance training
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- case control
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- virtual reality
- aortic stenosis
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- left ventricular assist device
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- body composition
- ejection fraction