Clinical Study

Impact of a Supervised Twelve-Week Combined Physical Training Program in Heart Failure Patients: A Randomized Trial

Table 2

Morphofunctional echocardiographic variables.

Variables (n = 38)Nontrained group (n = 11)Trained group (n = 17)
BeforeAfterBeforeAfter

LVDD (mm)61 ± 1061 ± 860 ± 960 ± 80.84
LA (mm)42 ± 640 ± 342 ± 1143 ± 50.14
ILVM (g/m2)234 ± 101224 ± 66176 ± 39202 ± 720.46
EF (Simpson)0.35 ± 0.10.34 ± 0.110.39 ± 0.10.44 ± 0.1#0.45
ILAV (ml/m2)27 ± 1023 ± 831 ± 1424 ± 70.66
E′ (cm/s)7 ± 26 ± 27 ± 27 ± 40.40
E/E10 ± 312 ± 810 ± 511 ± 60.63

Values expressed in mean ± standard deviation before and after the protocol. LVDD = left ventricular diastolic diameter; LA = left atrium diameter; ILVM = indexed left ventricular mass; EF = ejection fraction by the Simpson method; ILAV = indexed left atrium volume; E′ = mitral tissue Doppler velocity (medium of lateral and septal velocities); E = wave velocity of mitral flow Doppler velocity;  = significance level of interaction between time and group (ANOVA); <0.05; #significant difference between groups.