Coronary Artery Disease
Conditions
Keywords
Coronary artery disease, Exercise training, Intensity, Randomized, echocardiography, Aerobic Exercise
Brief summary
The study investigated if aerobic endurance exercise of different intensity has different impact on the physical capacity and myocardial function in patients with coronary artery disease. Patients with stable CAD trained for 10 weeks, and oxygen consumption and myocardial function were measured before and after this period. Patients were randomly assigned to each exercise group.
Detailed description
Peak oxygen consumption was measured by gas-analysis. Myocardial function was measured by echocardiography. Exercise was performed on treadmills under close supervision of an exercise physiologist. Patients had to complete over 70% of sessions to be included in analysis. Three sessions were scheduled every week. Heart rate (HR) was about 85 % of max HR in the high intensity group, and about 65 % in the moderate intensity group.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALExercise training for 10 weeks
Sponsors
St. Olavs Hospital
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* stable coronary artery disease * over 4 months since cardiovascular event
Exclusion criteria
* heart failure * inability to exercise
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Peak oxygen consumption | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life | — |
| Myocardial function measured by echocardiography | — |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed