Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome caused by functional and/or structural cardiac abnormalities in association with elevated natriuretic peptides or other objective evidence of pulmonary and/or systemic congestion.1 These abnormalities result in increased intracardiac pressures and/or inadequate cardiac output at rest and/or during exertion.2
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Physical Training in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
MontenegroCEL, TavaresDCF, NogueiraFF, LyraACAS, GomesTQM, AguiarMIR. Physical Training in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. ABC Heart Fail Cardiomyop 2022;2(3):310-5.
Montenegro,Carlos Eduardo Lucena; Tavares,Dilane Cristina Ferreira; Nogueira,Fiamma Ferreira; Lyra,Ana Carla Alves de Souza; Gomes,Taciana Queiroz Medeiros; Aguiar,Maria Inês Remígio de. Physical Training in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. ABC Heart Fail Cardiomyop, v. 2, n. 3, p. 310-315, Dec. 2022.
Montenegro,C.E.L., Tavares,D.C.F., Nogueira,F.F., Lyra,A.C.A.S., Gomes,T.Q.M., & Aguiar,M.I.R. (2022). Physical Training in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. ABC Heart Fail Cardiomyop,2(3), 310-315.
Montenegro,Carlos Eduardo Lucena and Tavares,Dilane Cristina Ferreira and Nogueira,Fiamma Ferreira and Lyra,Ana Carla Alves de Souza and Gomes,Taciana Queiroz Medeiros and Aguiar,Maria Inês Remígio de. Physical Training in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. ABC Heart Fail Cardiomyop [online]. 2022, vol. 2, n. 3, [cited 2025-10-19], pp.310-315. Available from: <https://www.abcheartfailure.org/article/physical-training-in-heart-failure-with-preserved-ejection-fraction/>. ISSN .
Figure 1
Comparison of aerobic capacity between patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; patients from a control group matched by age, sex, and other comorbidities without heart failure; and patients with hypertension without heart failure. Adapted from Haykowsky, M et al.10HFpEF: heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; Hyp: hypertension; VO2: oxygen consumption.