Exercise training leads to physiological left ventricular hypertrophy in COPD

P Alter; L Luetteken; C Nell; D Haid; K Kehr; T Greulich; S Apelt; K Langenhan; C Hohmann; C F Vogelmeier; A R Koczulla

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.160

Exercise training leads to physiological left ventricular hypertrophy in COPD

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Jun 1;174(1):156-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.160. Epub 2014 Mar 28.

Authors

P Alter¹, L Luetteken², C Nell², D Haid², K Kehr², T Greulich², S Apelt³, K Langenhan³, C Hohmann², C F Vogelmeier², A R Koczulla⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of Marburg, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Germany. Electronic address: alter@uni-marburg.de.
² University of Marburg, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Member of the German Center for Lung Reserach (DZL), Germany.
³ University of Marburg, Physiotherapy, Germany.
⁴ University of Marburg, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Member of the German Center for Lung Reserach (DZL), Germany. Electronic address: koczulla@med.uni-marburg.de.

PMID: 24726167
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.160

No abstract available

Keywords: COPD; Cardiac function; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Echocardiography; Exercise; GOLD; Heart failure; Hypertrophy; Left ventricular mass; Sport; Training; Ventricular wall stress.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Exercise Therapy*
Female
Heart / anatomy & histology*
Humans
Male
Organ Size
Prospective Studies
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / rehabilitation*