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Home-Based Prescribed Pulmonary Exercise in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published on: August 24, 2019
Exercise Training in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension:
Gabriella VanAken1, Drew Rubick2, Daniel Wieczorek3
1University of Michigan Medical School, 1301 Catherine Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive TC 311Q, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Abstract:
Of the 5 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) included, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) patients constituted 20% of the overall pulmonary hypertension (PH) patient population. We did not find any RCTs that evaluated the role of exercise training in patients with CTEPH. The results of this study indicate that exercise training may be effective at improving exercise capacity, as measured by 6-min walk distance, in patients with PH. Another notable finding from this analysis is the lack of adverse events associated with exercise training, suggesting that contrary to widespread perception, exercise training is safe in CTEPH and PAH patients.
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