Key Takeaway Routine exercise lowers blood pressure by strengthening the heart, increasing the number and elasticity of blood vessels, and reducing cholesterol and blood sugar levels that can damage ...

Background Dyspnoea and reduced exercise capacity are common features in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) without left ...

With upright exercise there is a slower rise in heart rate in the elderly compared to the younger subject. Stroke volume is maintained in the elderly person by an increase in end-diastolic volume ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Rate-adaptive atrial pacing to increase heart rate during exercise is not a useful strategy in patients who have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and chronotropic ...

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) regulates protein folding and maintains proteostasis in cells- a process essential to maintaining cellular health. However, researchers at UAB have found that chronic ...

Decreased cardiac output is when your heart can no longer pump enough oxygen to meet the demands of your body. A rapid heart rate is a common symptom, but there are others, too. Your heart is ...

Background Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is higher if the arrest is witnessed and occurs during exercise, however, there is contradicting data on prognosis with regards to sex ...