Atrial fibrillation in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a case report of exercise training.

Atrial fibrillation Case report Exercise training Heart failure Muscular blood flow Neuromuscular sympathetic activity

Journal

European heart journal. Case reports
ISSN: 2514-2119
Titre abrégé: Eur Heart J Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101730741

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2020
Historique:
received: 03 03 2020
revised: 13 03 2020
accepted: 10 09 2020
entrez: 18 11 2020
pubmed: 19 11 2020
medline: 19 11 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are often concomitant and act in a vicious cycle. Atrial fibrillation is associated with greater functional limitations and increased morbidity and mortality in patients with HF. Moreover, AF associated with HF increases patients' physical inactivity, worsening their clinical condition, and prognosis. Exercise training is safe and has clear benefits in HF. However, these benefits have not been demonstrated when AF is associated with HF. We present the case of a 57-year-old man with permanent AF and HF with reduced ejection fraction, who underwent 12 weeks of exercise training that included cardiopulmonary exercise testing, neuromuscular sympathetic activity (NMSA), and muscle blood flow (MBF) before and after training. Exercise training was shown to have a potential benefit in reducing the activity of the sympathetic nerve and increasing muscle blood flow, as well as increasing VO

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are often concomitant and act in a vicious cycle. Atrial fibrillation is associated with greater functional limitations and increased morbidity and mortality in patients with HF. Moreover, AF associated with HF increases patients' physical inactivity, worsening their clinical condition, and prognosis. Exercise training is safe and has clear benefits in HF. However, these benefits have not been demonstrated when AF is associated with HF.
CASE SUMMARY METHODS
We present the case of a 57-year-old man with permanent AF and HF with reduced ejection fraction, who underwent 12 weeks of exercise training that included cardiopulmonary exercise testing, neuromuscular sympathetic activity (NMSA), and muscle blood flow (MBF) before and after training.
DISCUSSION CONCLUSIONS
Exercise training was shown to have a potential benefit in reducing the activity of the sympathetic nerve and increasing muscle blood flow, as well as increasing VO

Identifiants

pubmed: 33204981
doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa364
pii: ytaa364
pmc: PMC7649495
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

1-5

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.

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Auteurs

Guilherme Veiga Guimarães (GV)

University of São Paulo (USP), School of Medicine, Heart Institute-Clinical Hospital (InCor/HC-FMUSP), Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44, São Paulo/SP, CEP 05403-000, Brazil.

Jean Marcelo Roque (JM)

University of São Paulo (USP), School of Medicine, Heart Institute-Clinical Hospital (InCor/HC-FMUSP), Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44, São Paulo/SP, CEP 05403-000, Brazil.

Alexander D T Machado (ADT)

University of São Paulo (USP), School of Medicine, Heart Institute-Clinical Hospital (InCor/HC-FMUSP), Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44, São Paulo/SP, CEP 05403-000, Brazil.

Miguel Morita Fernandes-Silva (MM)

Federal University of Parana, Brazil.

Paul Roberto Chizzola (PR)

University of São Paulo (USP), School of Medicine, Heart Institute-Clinical Hospital (InCor/HC-FMUSP), Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44, São Paulo/SP, CEP 05403-000, Brazil.

Edimar Alcides Bocchi (EA)

University of São Paulo (USP), School of Medicine, Heart Institute-Clinical Hospital (InCor/HC-FMUSP), Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44, São Paulo/SP, CEP 05403-000, Brazil.

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