Inheriting a high aerobic fitness predisposes to skeletal muscle and endothelial dysfunction in chronic heart failure

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 15:203:353-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.125. Epub 2015 Oct 28.

Authors

T Scott Bowen¹, Sophia Eisenkolb², Sarah Werner², Michael Schwarzer³, Gerhard Schuler², Volker Adams²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Leipzig University-Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Leipzig University-Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Jena, Jena, Germany.

PMID: 26529086
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.125

No abstract available

Keywords: Aerobic capacity; Chronic heart failure; Endothlial function; HCR; Rat; Skeletal muscle function.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Endothelium, Vascular / physiopathology*
Exercise / physiology*
Exercise Therapy / methods*
Female
Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Heart Failure / rehabilitation
Humans
Muscle, Skeletal / physiopathology*
Rats
Vasodilation / physiology*