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Supervised exercise training versus usual care in ambulatory patients with left ventricular assist devices: A systematic review

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  • Harsha V Ganga
  • Amanda Leung
  • Jennifer Jantz
  • Gaurav Choudhary
  • Loren Stabile
  • Daniel J Levine
  • Satish C Sharma
  • Wen-Chih Wu

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Implantation of left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) has increased because of improved safety profile and limited availability of heart transplantation. Although supervised exercise training (ET) programs are known to improve exercise capacity and quality of life (QoL) in heart failure (HF) patients, similar data is inconclusive in LVAD patients. Thus, we performed a systematic review on studies that incorporated supervised ET and measured peak oxygen uptake in LVAD patients. A total of 150 patients in exercise and 55 patients in control groups were included from 8 studies selected from our predefined criteria. Our systematic review suggests supervised ET has an inconsistent effect on exercise capacity and QoL when compared to control groups undergoing usual care. A quantitative sub-analysis was performed with 4 studies that provided enough data to compare peak oxygen uptake and QoL at baseline and at follow-up. After at least 6 weeks of training, LVAD patients undergoing supervised ET demonstrated significant improvement in exercise capacity (standardized mean difference [SMD] = 0.735, 95% Confidence Interval-[CI], 0.31–1.15 units of the standard deviation, P = 0.001) and QoL scores (SMD = 1.58, 95% CI 0.97–2.20 units of the standard deviation, P

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  • Harsha V Ganga & Amanda Leung & Jennifer Jantz & Gaurav Choudhary & Loren Stabile & Daniel J Levine & Satish C Sharma & Wen-Chih Wu, 2017. "Supervised exercise training versus usual care in ambulatory patients with left ventricular assist devices: A systematic review," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(3), pages 1-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0174323
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174323
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