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(Circulation. 1997;95:2060-2067.)
© 1997 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Effect of Exercise Training on Myocardial Remodeling in Patients With Reduced Left Ventricular Function After Myocardial Infarction
Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
From the Cardiology Divisions, Kantonsspital, Chur (P.D., G.D., U.G., W.R., R.R., P.M.), Basel (R.M., P.B.), and Zürich (P.V.), Switzerland, and Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Stanford University (J.M.), Palo Alto, Calif.
Correspondence to Jonathan Myers, PhD, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Cardiology, 111-C, 3801 Miranda Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
Background There are conflicting reports on the effects of training on the remodeling process in post–myocardial infarction patients with ventricular damage.
Methods and Results Twenty-five patients with reduced ventricular function (mean ejection fraction, 32.3±6%) after an anteroseptal or inferolateral myocardial infarction were randomized to an exercise group (n=12) or a control group (n=13). Patients in the exercise group resided in a rehabilitation center for 2 months and underwent a training program consisting of two 1-hour sessions of walking daily, along with four monitored 45-minute sessions of stationary cycling weekly. Before and after the study period, maximal exercise testing and cardiac MRI were performed. Oxygen uptake increased 26% at maximal exercise (19.7±3 to 23.9±5, P<.05) and 39% at the lactate threshold (P<.01) in the exercise group, whereas control values did not change. No differences were observed within or between groups in MRI measures of end-diastolic (187±47 pre versus 196±35 mL post in the exercise group and 179±52 pre versus 180±51 mL post in the control group), end-systolic volume (118±41 pre versus 121±33 mL post in the exercise group and 119±54 pre versus 116±56 mL post in the control group), or ejection fraction (38.0±9 pre versus 38.2±10% post in the exercise group and 37.0±10 pre versus 38.3±13% post in the control group). Myocardial wall thickness measurements at end diastole and end systole and their difference in 80 myocardial segments determined by MRI yielded no significant interactions between groups. When myocardial wall thickness measurements were classified by infarct or noninfarct areas, no differences were observed between groups over the study period.
Conclusions A high-intensity, 2-month residential cardiac rehabilitation program resulted in substantial increases in exercise capacity among patients with reduced left ventricular function. In contrast to some recent reports, the training program had no deleterious effects on left ventricular volume, function, or wall thickness regardless of infarct area.
Key Words: exercise • magnetic resonance imaging • heart failure • remodeling
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