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Savill P. Exercise in middle age may reduce risk of heart failure. Practitioner April 2018;262(1814):8-9

Exercise in middle age may reduce risk of heart failure

23 Apr 2018Registered users

Two years of high intensity exercise training, in previously sedentary healthy middle-aged adults, improved maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and reduced left ventricular (LV) stiffness, in a study from the United States. The investigators conclude that regular exercise training may protect against the future risk of heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) by preventing the increase in cardiac stiffness caused by sedentary aging.

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