Aerobic exercise training in heart failure: impact on sympathetic hyperactivity and cardiac and skeletal muscle function

Heart failure is a common endpoint for many forms of cardiovascular disease and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Chronic neurohumoral excitation (i.e., sympathetic hyperactivity) has been considered to be a hallmark of heart failure and is associated with a poor prognosis, cardiac dys...

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Main Authors: P.C. Brum, A.V.N. Bacurau, A. Medeiros, J.C.B. Ferreira, A.S. Vanzelli, C.E. Negrão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2011-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011000900002